Azalea 'Christmas Cheer’ Imashojo Red Kurume Azalea
Azalea 'Christmas Cheer' Strong Red Blooming Evergreen Azalea - Kurume Azalea Ima Shojo Azalea Zones 6-8 Kurume azaleas are some of the most noticeable and shockingly beautiful azaleas in the landscape. The blooms totally covering all the branches creates a color effect that you want in your garden. The famous plant explorer, E.H. Wilson, loved Kurume azaleas. After plant expeditions to Japan in the early 1900’s, E.H. Wilson realized we had no azaleas like those from Kurume, Japan. He decided to import 50 of these Kurume azaleas from Japan and give them new English names, likely for marketing purposes. ‘Christmas Cheer’ happened to be one of Wilson’s 50. It is a strong red blooming Kurume azalea. The blooms are about a inch, but the branches are loaded with these hose-in-hose blooms. This gives a lot of red color in the garden in the early spring. ‘Christmas Cheer’ may reach 4-5 ft in height and width in 10 years. ‘Christmas Cheer’ was also imported into the United States from Kurum