Add vibrant color and year-round evergreen beauty to your landscape with this live Azalea ‘Ripples’, a compact repeat-blooming evergreen azalea prized for its ruffled purplish-pink flowers and reliable garden performance. Part of the Kerrigan Hybrids developed in California for improved adaptability, this azalea produces abundant blooms in spring and often flowers again in fall, extending seasonal color in the garden.

Its low mounding growth habit and evergreen foliage make it an excellent choice for borders, foundation plantings, woodland gardens, mass plantings, and decorative containers. Compact yet colorful, ‘Ripples’ provides lush texture and bright floral displays without overwhelming smaller spaces. Hardy and easy to maintain, this versatile azalea is perfect for gardeners seeking dependable repeat blooms and evergreen structure.

You will receive:
✔️ 1 live Azalea ‘Ripples’ plant
✔️ Originally grown in #1 container
✔️ Healthy, rooted evergreen azalea
✔️ Repeat blooming compact shrub
✔️ Secure packaging for safe arrival

Growing Information

• Common Name: Ripples Azalea
• Botanical Name: Rhododendron tsutsusi ‘Ripples’
• Plant Type: Evergreen flowering shrub
• Growth Stage: Young established plant
• Sun Requirements: Full sun to partial shade
• Soil: Acidic, moist, well-draining soil
• Watering: Moderate; maintain evenly moist soil
• Mature Height: Approximately 2 feet
• Growth Habit: Low mounding evergreen shrub
• Growth Rate: Moderate
• USDA Zones: 6–9
• Bloom Time: Spring with repeat blooming in fall
• Bloom Color: Purplish-pink with lightly ruffled petals
• Fragrance: Non-fragrant
• Container Friendly: Yes, excellent for patios and decorative containers

Care Tip

Morning sun with afternoon shade in warmer climates helps preserve foliage quality and prolong flowering. Mulching helps retain moisture and maintain acidic soil conditions.

Plant Condition Disclosure

Live plants may be shipped dormant, leafless, recently pruned, bare root, or partially defoliated depending on season, weather, and shipping requirements.

Natural variation in size, branching, foliage density, color, root structure, and overall appearance should be expected.

Important Note

You will receive a live starter plant (seedling/young plant). Listing photos show the plant at a mature stage for reference only. The actual plant size, shape, and appearance may vary and will be significantly smaller than the images shown.

Customer Notice for Live Plants

Live plants may experience normal shipping stress such as leaf loss, yellowing, wilting, or minor branch damage.

Please consider local weather before purchasing. Extreme heat, freezing temperatures, severe weather, shipping delays, or unattended packages may increase plant stress.

Due to the perishable nature of live plants, returns are generally not accepted. If there is an issue with your order, please contact us within 48 hours of delivery and provide the required photos for review.

• Photos of the shipping box
• Photo of the shipping label
• Clear photos of the plant from multiple angles
• Scratch test photos if the plant appears dead or dormant

Dormant, stressed, defoliated, wilted, or transit-shocked plants are not automatically considered dead.

Claims submitted without the required photos or more than 48 hours after delivery may not be eligible for review, replacement, or refund.