{"product_id":"azalea-wards-ruby","title":"Azalea Wards Ruby","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"38\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"16\"\u003eCommon Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"16\" data-end=\"19\"\u003eAzalea ‘Wards Ruby’\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"40\" data-end=\"1061\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"40\" data-end=\"56\"\u003eDescription:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"56\" data-end=\"59\"\u003eAzalea ‘Wards Ruby’ is a brilliant evergreen azalea celebrated for its masses of vivid ruby-red blooms that create a bold and striking display from late winter through to spring. The open flowers feature rich scarlet to crimson-red tones with lightly ruffled petals, standing out beautifully against the dense, glossy dark green foliage. Flowering heavily across the shrub, this variety delivers outstanding seasonal colour and year-round structure in the garden. Compact and neatly rounded in habit, ‘Wards Ruby’ is ideal for decorative pots, borders, low hedging, and woodland-style gardens where strong visual impact is desired. Well-suited to Melbourne’s temperate climate, it 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. 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All parts of azaleas contain grayanotoxins and are poisonous to humans, dogs, cats, horses, and livestock. 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