Live Azalea Plant, Compact Evergreen, Red Orange Blooms, Rhododendron ‘Girard’s Hot Shot’, #1 Container Grown

Add bold color and compact evergreen beauty to your landscape with Azalea ‘Girard’s Hot Shot’, a striking flowering shrub prized for its vivid reddish-orange blooms and dense rounded growth habit. In midseason, this evergreen azalea produces clusters of openly funnel-shaped flowers accented with deep red to maroon spotting, creating a fiery display against glossy green foliage. Its compact size and naturally well-branched form make it ideal for borders, foundation plantings, woodland gardens, and decorative containers. Cold hardy and easy to maintain, ‘Girard’s Hot Shot’ provides year-round structure and vibrant seasonal color in smaller garden spaces. You will receive a healthy container-grown plant similar in size and condition to the one shown in the listing photos.

You will receive:

• ✔️ 1 live Azalea ‘Girard’s Hot Shot’ shrub
• ✔️ Width: approximately 4–8 inches wide
• ✔️ Grown in #1 nursery container
• ✔️ Healthy, rooted evergreen azalea
• ✔️ Root ball wrapped securely for safe shipping

Common Name: Girard’s Hot Shot Azalea
Scientific Name: Rhododendron ‘Girard’s Hot Shot’
Sunlight: Partial shade to filtered sun
Watering: Moderate; keep soil evenly moist
Soil: Acidic, moist, well-draining soil
Hardiness Zones: 5–8
Growth Habit: Compact and rounded
Format: #1 container grown

💡 Care Tip: Mulch around the base to maintain cool soil temperatures and consistent moisture. Remove spent blooms after flowering to encourage healthy growth and maintain a clean appearance.