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Fireflare Orange® Azalea

A breakthrough azalea with NO equal for cold, alkaline-soil gardens

  • NO equal for cold, alkaline-soil azalea success
  • Survived 40+ years in North Dakota trials
  • Fire-orange blooms bring bold early spring color
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Fireflare Orange® Azalea is extraordinary because it solves two problems that stop most azaleas cold: brutal northern winters and alkaline soil. Released by North Dakota State University, this deciduous azalea persisted for more than 40 years in Fargo trial conditions, including severe cold, heavy alkaline silty clay and routine moisture stress.

Grow azaleas where gardeners were told they could not

For customers in the northern plains, upper Midwest and other cold-climate regions, Fireflare Orange is a true breakthrough. It was selected from decades of NDSU testing because it kept performing where other azaleas did not. That gives gardeners a rare opportunity: vivid azalea bloom in places where azaleas have often been too risky, too fussy or too short-lived to count on.

Get bright color without acidic-soil frustration

Many azaleas need acidic soil to avoid yellowing and decline. Fireflare Orange stood out for tolerating alkaline soil without chlorosis in NDSU’s trial setting. For gardeners with clay-heavy, higher-pH soils, that is a major practical advantage. It opens the door to azalea color in landscapes that would be poor fits for most traditional selections.

Make spring impossible to miss

The blooms are saturated fire orange and average about 2½" across. They open in early to mid-spring, before or as foliage emerges, so the color is bold, clean and easy to see. Use it near an entry, along a walk or in a mixed border where that orange bloom can carry the early-season display.

Enjoy a tough shrub that fits home landscapes

At about 4' tall and 5' wide, Fireflare Orange fits foundations, shrub borders and smaller yards without taking over. Its compact, rounded habit looks full without constant shearing. After bloom, green foliage carries the plant through summer, then shifts to yellow-orange and reddish-purple tones in fall.

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