Carpet™ & Epic™ Series Azaleas
3 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 Pink Carpet 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 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.
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.






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.