Azalea indica Purple Glitters

Common Name:
Azalea ‘Purple Glitters’

Description:
Azalea ‘Purple Glitters’ is a vibrant evergreen azalea admired for its masses of brilliant purple-pink blooms that create a dazzling display from late winter through to spring. The open flowers feature deeper speckled throats and prominent stamens, adding texture and visual depth against the dense, glossy dark green foliage. Flowering heavily across the shrub, this variety delivers striking seasonal colour and strong garden impact. Its compact and rounded growth habit makes it ideal for decorative pots, borders, low hedging, and woodland-style gardens. Well-suited to Melbourne’s temperate climate, ‘Purple Glitters’ thrives in part shade but can also tolerate more sun in cooler conditions with adequate moisture. It performs best in moist, well-drained, acidic soil enriched with organic matter. This variety is highly valued for its vivid colouring, evergreen structure, and reliable flowering performance during the cooler months.

Form:

• Shrub - Small

Mature Size:

• Height: 0.8–1.2 m
• Width: 1–1.5 m

Aspect:

• Full Sun
• Part Shade

Flowering:

• Flowers in Winter
• Flowers in Spring

Flower Colour:

• Purple-pink
• Magenta purple
• Deep pink-purple

Key Attributes:

• Bee Attracting
• Bird Attracting
• Evergreen
• Perennial
• Suitable for Borders
• Suitable for Hedging
• Suitable for Pots
• Sun tolerant
• Woodland garden plant

Toxicity:
Toxic if ingested. All parts of azaleas contain grayanotoxins and are poisonous to humans, dogs, cats, horses, and livestock. Consumption may cause vomiting, drooling, weakness, and more serious symptoms if large quantities are eaten.

Companion Plants:

• Camellia
• Clivia
• Daphne
• Ferns
• Gardenia
• Hellebore
• Hydrangea
• Japanese Maple (Acer palmatum)
• Pieris japonica
• Rhododendron