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Bollywood® Azalea Rhododendron x

Flower Season
  • Spring
Mature Size
3' 2'
Height: 2' - 3'
Spread: 18" - 2'
  • Details

    Features

    Bright showy magenta flowers in spring, and attractive variegated foliage all season long. Season-long color. Semi-evergreen.
    Attracts butterflies.

    Foliage Interest
    Fall Interest
    Attracts: 
    Butterflies
    Small or Miniature

    Characteristics

    Plant Type: 
    Shrub
    Shrub Type: 
    Evergreen
    Height Category: 
    Medium
    Garden Height: 
    24 - 36 Inches
    Spacing: 
    24 - 36 Inches
    Spread: 
    18 - 24 Inches
    Flower Colors: 
    Pink
    Flower Shade: 
    Pink
    Foliage Colors: 
    Green
    Foliage Colors: 
    White
    Foliage Shade: 
    Variegated
    Habit: 
    Mounded
    Container Role: 
    Thriller

    Plant Needs

    Light Requirement: 
    Part Sun to Sun
    Light Requirement: 
    Sun

    The optimum amount of sun or shade each plant needs to thrive: Full Sun (6+ hours), Part Sun (4-6 hours), Full Shade (up to 4 hours).

    Maintenance Category: 
    Easy
    Blooms On: 
    Old Wood
    Bloom Time: 
    Early Spring
    Bloom Time: 
    Mid Spring
    Bloom Time: 
    Late Spring
    Hardiness Zones: 
    6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b
    Water Category: 
    Average
    Soil PH Category: 
    Acidic Soil
    Uses: 
    Container
    Uses: 
    Landscape
    Uses Notes: 

    This is a colorful addition to mixed borders. Use as an accent plant in beds or containers (plant in ground in fall if in a patio pot). The variegated foliage and small size make it good for edging walkways and other tight spaces.

    Maintenance Notes: 

    Loosen roots prior to planting. Good drainage is essential for this plant; water regularly, especially when newly planted. Little pruning is needed, but plants may be trimmed after flowering. Apply a controlled release fertilizer for hollies and rhododendrons in early spring. Plants in southern climates will benefit from some shade. Plants in northern climates may need some winter protection.

    Like most variegated plants, occasional reversions to the original green form may occur. These should be pruned out as needed.

    This plant has lots of color!

    Bright neon red-pink flowers engulf this compact semi-evergreen azalea in spring. Vivid, glossy silver and dark green variegated foliage supplies the color the rest of the year. This very hardy azalea was developed by plantsman Mike Farrow of Maryland.

    Bollywood® Rhododendron x 'Farrow' USPP 22,209
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    Browse reviews from people who have grown this plant.
    • So far so good - lol - this plant was purchased Summer 2022 with the intent to go in the ground right away. My project work on the bed which it's intended for got postponed. This plant arrived in great condition and its still doing well just hanging out with other pots on my porch waiting for its permanent home. The covered porch is west facing and plexiglass covered it sits at the edge of it in a semi-exposed/semi-protected spot. Seems like a hearty little guy. I can't wait to see it in the ground with flowers.

      Lara Boucher
      , California
      , United States
      , 45 weeks ago
    • i am a good guy im not an illeigal immigrate

      bill
      , Nevada
      , United States
      , 4 years ago
    • These are the most adorable azalea in our courtyard. We have 25 beds in our courtyard, this one is called "Bollywood Lane". 3201 St Charles Association...Shelley

      Shelley B Voekel
      , Louisiana
      , United States
      , 12 years ago
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