Hino-Crimson Azalea
Rhododendron ‘Hino-Crimson’ · a red Kurume azalea
A low, compact Kurume azalea that smothers itself in small crimson-red flowers in spring, with tiny glossy leaves that take on bronze tones in winter, a classic for foundations and low hedges. Give it moist, acid, well-drained soil in dappled shade or morning sun. Soggy soil rots the roots, and deer often browse it.
- Mature size
- 3 × 4 ft
- 0.9 × 1.2 m, tall × wide
- Hardiness
- Zones 6a–9b
- USDA
- Sun
- Part sun to full shade
- Water
- Medium to moist
- Blooms
- Apr
Hino-Crimson Azalea at its mature size
A mature Hino-Crimson Azalea grows 2 to 4 feet tall and 3 to 5 feet wide.
Drawn to scale beside a 5 ft 9 in person. With VeraScape, you see it at this size in your own yard.
Typical mature size, unpruned. Sources: Monrovia, naturehills.com.
Through the year
What Hino-Crimson Azalea looks like month by month in a typical zone 6–7 garden.
Winter · Nov–Mar
Tiny leaves still mostly dark green, with a modest bronze cast on the outer leaves only; reads green from a distance, not red, not maroon, not dead brown.
In flower · Apr
Smothered in small bright crimson-red flowers.
In leaf · May–Oct
Dense mound of tiny glossy dark green leaves.
Photos
Growing Hino-Crimson Azalea
- Grows well in
- The Northeast, the Southeast, and the Pacific Northwest.
- Growth rate
- Medium
- Good for
- Hedge, small space, foundation planting, specimen, shade garden, and winter interest
- Leaves
- Evergreen
- Native to
- Garden origin (hybrid, Kurume group)
Spacing for a hedge
VeraScape spaces plants so their grown canopies just touch. For Hino-Crimson Azalea, that’s about 4 ft apart, center to center.
Place a row in your own yard and VeraScape spaces them at their mature width, so you can see whether they’ll crowd the walk.
See Hino-Crimson Azalea in your yard before you dig
Visualize it at its true size, alongside the rest of your design.
Other azaleas and rhododendrons
Hino-Crimson Azalea
Encore Azalea 'Autumn Embers'
Encore Azalea 'Autumn Royalty'
PJM RhododendronAll drawn to the same scale.