What is Gumpo azalea?

You can find many different types of Azalea and Gumpo Azalea plants is just one subgroup. These plants are small varieties of azaleas and as such are suitable for garden landscaping. Decorative flowers can be white or pink. Scientists call Gumpo Azalea and Rhodedendron eerocarpum Gumpo, but gardeners may also know by the name of the dwarf indica Gumpo.

This is just one of the dwarves of the diversity groups Azalea and grows only up to 2 feet (about 60 cm. The plant is evergreen, so that the leaves are not lost during winter.

And he likes the ground that has a level of pH or acidity between 5.2 and 6.0 to grow.

Another difference between small varieties Gumpo and other azaleas is that Gumpo blooms about two months after the other azaleas. These flowers occur individually and can have a diameter of up to 3 inches (about 76 mm). The colors are white or pink or a mixture of them. Garden centers often sell Gumpo varieties according to the color of flowers.

Gumpo Azaleas are part of the Satsuki group azaleas, unlike the former flowering azaleas tsutsi . These classifications were created by the Japanese because the Japanese gardeners have been growing for centuries Azaleas. Satsuki azaleas can be more suitable for structured garden design because Gumpo Azaleas tends to grow in tight format. Later flowering tsutsuji , with the flower flowers in the spring can be more attractive for gardeners who prefer a colorful, flower garden.

These plants were part of the traditional Japanese horticulture and at the beginning of the 20th century they got intoother countries, including the United States. These small versions of the Azaleas, perhaps because of their homeland environment, cannot resist the cold and most of the other types of azaleas and may not be suitable plants for northern countries with cold climate.