[dropcap]A[/dropcap]t my nursery I am often asked to suggest a plant for a particular location. ‘Can you name an evergreen plant that blooms profusely, has large, showy flowers, and thrives in the shade?’

This used to involve a lot of head-scratching… until the introduction of the beautiful Encore Azaleas. This patented grouping of flowering shrubs blooms up to three seasons a year. They thrive in the shade and don’t care a bit about extremes of summer heat and winter col...