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Part VIII - Living Walls - Rhododendrons & AzaleasRead the article this discussion is about
This archived discussion is "read only". « Previous 1 2 3 4 Next » » kimmik - Marge, I'm just now getting to your articles. Too bad I didn't Marge, I'm just now getting to your articles. Too bad I didn't see them sooner; otherwise, I wouldn't have needed your advice on the azaleas I was managing to kill.Thanks to your advice, though, I did revive one and it's doing well. The other three were beyond all help, but I still consider the exercise a success as I did manage to bring one back and have learned a valuable lesson at the same time. -- posted by kimmik » Marge_Talt - Well, welcome to Gardening In Shade, Kim. Sorry I didn't check Well, welcome to Gardening In Shade, Kim. Sorry I didn't check my older discussions sooner :-)Sorry you lost some of those Azaleas, but, as you say, managing to save one was a good learning experience. Somehow it seems that most of the lessons we gardeners really learn well have something to do with managing to kill off a prize plant in the process! Marge -- posted by Marge_Talt » cindya - Marge- I have some(I don't know how many) azaleas around my bay Marge- I have some(I don't know how many)azaleas around my bay window and they are about a foot taller than I would like them. I would like to know when is a good time to cut them back. They are a dark pink color and just as beautiful as they can be. -- posted by cindya » Marge_Talt - Hi Cindy and welcome to Gardening in Shade. Best time to prun Hi Cindy and welcome to Gardening in Shade.Best time to prune azaleas is right after they finish blooming. This way they can put out new growth and set their flower buds for next year. This is also the time to give them the last fertilizer for the season (if you do feed them - not always necessary). Most evergreen azaleas will leaf out just about anywhere along the stem, especially on relatively young growth. I'm always a bit charry about cutting back into really old wood. If you are in doubt about whether the wood you want to remove is "really old", you could cut one or two of the stems back to where you want them and take 6" or so off the others to see if the old wood will sprout leaves. I'm speaking of stems or branches that are rather bare behind the leaves and flowers at the tips, if this makes any sense :-) I have a lot of really old azaleas in a pretty shady areas and they tend to have most of their leaves on the outer parts of the stems and branches. Your plants may have fully clothed branches and then you don't have a problem. If you can see any leaves on a branch, you can cut the branch where you want it and it will resprout. If you haven't poked around inside those bushes, you may not realize that there aren't any leaves in the center! Hope this is what you wanted to know. If not, let me know. Marge
-- posted by Marge_Talt » CathyL_4 - Cathy Lees Hello. I have a problem with my azaleas (about 20 o Cathy LeesHello. I have a problem with my azaleas (about 20 of them) and I have been all over the net, trying to research what might be wrong...the leaves are forming into blisters of all sizes, the are slightly lighter in color than the leaves, and some have fleshy growths as well. I believe I caught it fairly early, but they are all over most of them! Please help, I can email picture of them to you if it would help. Thank you! -- posted by CathyL_4 » Marge_Talt - Hi Cathy and welcome to Gardening in Shade! What you have is Hi Cathy and welcome to Gardening in Shade!What you have is a case of Azalea Leaf Gall. This is not life threatening to your plants, just disfiguring. If you've been removing them, you've been doing the right thing. When they first develop, they are usually green or green with a pinkish tinge. When they mature and are starting to send out spore (they are a fungi), they get this whitish powdery look. I find that this comes and goes with my azaleas and then, only with some, not all of them. I spend some tedious hours pulling off the galls (muttering unprintable words) and throwing them in the trash NOT the compost and the next year they may only show up here and there. Some years they don't show up at all. I saw one the other day on one of my most susceptable Azaleas, so this may be the year for them. Can we blame El Nino? I really don't know what brings on an attack, I assume it is weather related - the right conditions develop for them, as the spore have to be around all the time. So, don't fret, just pull them off when you find them and dispose of them. Oh, and you are permitted a select group of swear words while you do it :-) Marge -- posted by Marge_Talt » Gay_Klok - Greetings, Cathy I used to have leaf gall but not for quite a Greetings, CathyI used to have leaf gall but not for quite a few years now. I religiously took leaves away and burned them. I wonder if new bushes come with the virus from the garden centres and grow out of it with the above treatment? Hello cindy, What kind of Azalea do you have planted? A kurumes - small bushes covered in small flowers, can be tip pruned at least twice [for 2 bloomings] A indicum - late flowering hybrids - larger bushes and flowers, prune if necessary after flowering Marge, do you grow the deciduous Azalea? Pictures of azaleas and rhododendrons at end of article Tasmanian Garden Journal Come for a stroll in my garden, great photos -- posted by Gay_Klok » Gay_Klok - Marge, I hope you don't mind. I will try that link again. T Marge, I hope you don't mind. I will try that link again.The link is to pictures of Az and Rhod in a past article on my page called "Steamy hot Christmas etc" or something like that!. The photo links are at the end of the article Tasmanian Garden Journal Come for a stroll in my garden, great photos -- posted by Gay_Klok » CathyL_4 - Cathy Lees Thank you for the fast and helpful reply!! I was Cathy LeesThank you for the fast and helpful reply!! -- posted by CathyL_4 » Marge_Talt - Well, Gay, I hafta tell you that I am green with jealousy! Your Well, Gay, I hafta tell you that I am green with jealousy! Your Rhododendrons and Primroses are absolutely marvelous!!!!!!Your climate must be ideal...maybe I should start seriously considering moving to Tasmania! Yes, I do grow deciduous Azaleas - only a couple, but they are very nice plants. Mine are just coming into bloom now. One of their plusses, and they have many, is that some of the Exbury hybrids offer the yellows and red-orange colors mostly not available in the evergreen ones that grow around here. Actually, the deciduous ones are really Azaleas and the evergreen ones are Rhododendrons although everyone calles the "Azaleas" around here ;-) Of course, they both are Rhododendrons when you get right down to it. I lost two little R. schlippenbachii a couple of years ago for some reason I never could figure out and keep meaning to replace them. Ah, well. Marge
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