Azalea 'Red Wing'

Common Name:
Red Wing Azalea

Description:
Azalea 'Red Wing' is a brilliant evergreen azalea cultivar known for its eye-catching bright red blooms and compact, rounded growth habit. In mid to late spring, it produces an abundance of vibrant scarlet-red, trumpet-shaped flowers with a slightly ruffled edge, creating a stunning carpet of colour. Its deep green, glossy foliage stays lush throughout the year, providing excellent structure and visual interest even when not in flower. Well-suited to Melbourne’s climate, 'Red Wing' thrives in part to full shade and prefers well-drained, acidic soil enriched with organic matter. This hardy and low-maintenance variety is ideal for borders, low hedging, underplanting trees, or growing in decorative containers. With regular mulching and watering during dry periods, it performs reliably and responds well to light pruning after flowering to maintain a compact form.

Form:
Shrub - Small
Shrub - Clumping / Grass-like / Mounding

Mature Size:
Height: 80 cm – 1 m
Width: 1 – 1.2 m

Aspect:
Part Shade
Full Shade

Flowering:
Flowers in Spring

Flower Colour:
Bright Red
Scarlet

Key Attributes:
Suitable for Pots
Perennial
Evergreen
Low Maintenance
Suitable for Hedging
Frost Tolerant (light frost)
Acid-Loving
High Visual Impact

Toxicity:
Toxic to humans and animals if ingested – all parts, especially leaves and flowers, may cause nausea or vomiting

Companion Plants:
Camellia sasanqua
Rhododendron spp.
Heuchera spp.
Pieris japonica
Ferns (e.g. Athyrium spp., Dryopteris spp.)

For more information and photos of this species, Warners Nursery has detailed information available to the public here