Hi,

Most weeks I carry out work in a lovely country house garden here in the UK.
Among all the wonderful plants I tend to in this garden there are a few that really stand out ....and one of them is this Azalea .
I think the colour is amazing and apart from that here we are getting closer and closer to October and it's in flower for the *second* time this year.
The first flowering was late Spring.
Does anyone know which Azalea this might be please ?.
I have included an earplug in one of the photos to give some sense of scale.
Thank you.

There are hundreds of named Rhododendrons.
Azaleas actually come under the name Rhododendron.
Even experts with the shrub in front of them can struggle to accurately name them.
From pics it is almost impossible.
There are several glorious purple ones that it might be.
It is normal for some to flower in the spring and later on in late summer.

So this is just a suggestion.....it may not be correct.
Rhododendron impeditum...dwarf very slow growing, purple flowers.
Ours is in flower right now.
I am assuming the specimen in your pic is quite old.

Hello Silversurfer,

Thank you for your reply.

Yes indeed the plant in question is over twenty years old and during the last few years I've known it it has never gained any height filling out lower down instead. I'd say the current height is between 3-4 ft.
It seems to like the slow release organic fertiliser I give it every springtime.

Rhododendron impeditum......yes it could well be that.
What I need to do is explore how to propagate because a quick look round the internet at nurseries with Rhododendron impeditum show quite a lot of apparent variation.
The flower colour on the plant in question is quite intense not shown here by the photos.

Have you ever tried to propagate yours?.

We never propagate our plants.
Rhodo impeditum is a very old one ..."It was introduced to western gardening in 1911 by plant explorer George Forrest (1873-1932)" but is still very easily bought from good garden centres.
A new one will be tiny as they are incredibly slow.
We moved and bought a new one in 2015 for £8.50.
This was the size when planted.The green leaves are daffodils which will give it scale.

Masses of advice on www on how to take cutting...now is the perfect time to do it.
https://www.rhododendron.org/p...