Alaska Azalea
Best evergreen shrub for creating elegant, low-maintenance garden hedges and borders.
The Alaska Azalea is an outstanding flowering shrub from Monrovia, celebrated for its striking snow white blooms, each featuring a distinctive chartreuse blotch in the throat. This variety maintains lush, bright green foliage, offering excellent year-round visual appeal as an evergreen. Its rounded form makes it highly versatile for landscape use, perfect for creating evergreen screening, foundation plantings, or hedges. It also performs beautifully as a showy accent plant or when grown in containers. This medium-growth plant requires partial shade to thrive and prefers consistently moist, well-drained soil.
$16.99
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Brand
Monrovia Growers
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Who it's for
- Cool-climate growers wanting a resilient, winter-hardy evergreen
- Gardeners seeking a high-impact, luminous spring floral display
- Landscapers needing consistent greenery during the winter months
Who should skip it
- Low-maintenance gardeners avoiding routine pest monitoring
- Gardeners with alkaline or neutral soil conditions
- Owners of sunny, exposed garden beds without shade
Performance breakdown
Visual Impact
Snow-white blooms with chartreuse throats create a striking garden focal point.
Landscape Versatility
Adapts seamlessly to hedges, foundation plantings, or decorative container arrangements.
Foliage Longevity
Evergreen leaves maintain lush color throughout the entire calendar year.
Maintenance Ease
Requires consistent moisture and specific soil conditions to truly thrive.
Growth Habit
Naturally rounded form minimizes the need for frequent, aggressive pruning.
Climate Specificity
Strict hardiness zone requirements limit its suitability to warmer regional climates.
Key Specs
Brand
Monrovia Growers
Foliage Type
Evergreen
Flower Color
White with chartreuse blotch
Bloom Time
Late Winter to Early Spring
Mature Height
5 feet
Mature Width
6 feet
Hardiness Zone
9
Light Needs
Partial Shade
Features
- Excellent for use as screening, foundation planting, or hedging
- Versatile for use as a landscape accent or container plant
- Rounded growth habit provides a neat appearance
What customers say
Customers overwhelmingly celebrate the superior quality of the Alaska Azalea upon delivery, often noting the robust root systems and healthy foliage. The consistent theme is reliability; gardeners appreciate how easily this variety establishes itself and delivers beautiful, dependable white blooms season after season. This performance confirms its status as a premium, high value addition to the landscape, requiring minimal fuss for maximum visual impact.
Know before you buy
Yes, this variety is an evergreen shrub, meaning it will retain its lush, bright green foliage year-round rather than dropping its leaves in the winter.
Since the Alaska Azalea reaches a mature width of 6 feet, you should space them approximately 4 to 5 feet apart if you want them to grow together into a continuous, dense hedge.
Absolutely. Its rounded, compact habit makes it an excellent candidate for large containers, provided the pot has good drainage and you keep the soil consistently moist.
This plant thrives best with morning sun and afternoon shade. Avoid planting it in areas with harsh, direct midday sun, as this can scorch the leaves and stress the shrub.
The Alaska Azalea is rated for Hardiness Zone 9. If you live in a colder region, it will likely not survive the winter outdoors, though it can be grown in a container and moved to a protected area during freezing temperatures.
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