My EncoreĀ® Autumn Embers in a narrow wedge of dirt along my driveway out back are in their Fall "encore" flush. These are 3rd season azaleas. I wasn't sure they'd grow in this strip, given the driveway proximity and the mortar bleeding into the soil when it rains. But the five plants do OK for a spot of color in an otherwise dark, dreary corner of the yard: