Carpet™ & Epic™ Series Azaleas
4 New Perfecto Mundo Azaleas
Epic Series: Bigger flowers. New colors. The same amazing rebloom throughout the summer. With the Epic mini-series you’ll find yourself out in the garden more, admiring these big reliable blooms.
Carpet Series: A new way to use azaleas – as ground cover! Perfecto Mundo Carpet mini-series isn’t just low growing, but every bit as floriferous as you’ve come to expect from a Perfecto Mundo azalea. Three seasons of color with one easy planting.
Perfecto Mundo Pink & Fuchsia Carpet™
- USDA Zone: 6b - 9 (-5°F/-20.5°C)
- Exposure: full sun (6+ hrs/day), part sun (4-6 hrs/day)
- Size: ranges from 1-2’ tall to 2-2.5’ wide
- Bloom Time: spring, repeating late summer-fall
General Care
Soil: Cool, moist, acidic soils with high amounts of organic matter.
Pruning: Prune or trim after spring bloom to encourage new growth and more abundant rebloom.
Uses: Mass plantings; edging; low hedge; foundation planting; specimen.
Growing Tips: At its best when sited in filtered sun all day. Hardy to USDA zone 6b with protection; has survived winters in zone 6a but with significant damage. Benefits from mulch.
Fertilizing: For its first year, there is no need to fertilize your azalea, as there is plenty of fertilizer in the soil mix, which will provide all the nutrients your azalea needs for the first season. Starting the second year, you can apply an all-purpose flowering shrub fertilizer in late winter/early spring as the soil becomes workable. You can apply again after the spring bloom and once more in late May/early June.
Perfecto Mundo Epic Coral™ & Pink™
- USDA Zone: 6b - 9 (-5°F/-20.5°C)
- Exposure: full sun (6+ hrs/day), part sun (4-6 hrs/day)
- Size: ranges from 3-4’ tall to 3-5’ wide
- Bloom Time: spring, repeating late summer-fall
General Care
Soil: Cool, moist, acidic soils with high amounts of organic matter.
Pruning: Prune or trim after spring bloom to encourage new growth and more abundant rebloom.
Uses: Mass plantings; edging; low hedge; foundation planting; specimen.
Growing Tips: At its best when sited in filtered sun all day. Hardy to USDA zone 6b with protection; has survived winters in zone 6a but with significant damage. Benefits from mulch.
Fertilizing: For its first year, there is no need to fertilize your azalea, as there is plenty of fertilizer in the soil mix, which will provide all the nutrients your azalea needs for the first season. Starting the second year, you can apply an all-purpose flowering shrub fertilizer in late winter/early spring as the soil becomes workable. You can apply again after the spring bloom and once more in late May/early June.
Meet the Breeder
Tom Ranney is a professor with the Department of Horticultural Science at NC State University. He is a plant breeder who has helped to produce 50 new cultivars of landscape plants. Tom has also been awarded the Scott Medal, been named Outstanding Graduate Educator, Fellow, and Outstanding Researcher by the American Society for Horticultural Science, and has won the H. Marc Cathey Award and Luther Burbank Award from the American Horticultural Society.