Re: Subject: Re: Subject: ubject: Subject: Re: Subject: flowers, >Vera >Belin

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Vera,

The secret with azaleas is to buy them as young as possible and mulch

them with oak leaves (do you have oaks there?). The oak leaves get

some sort of mold on them as they decay which the azaleas love. They

do not like "wet feet" also so plant them in raised beds. They also

get weedy if they get over about three feet tall, so keep them trimmed.

Charlotte loved them and we have about a dozen on the north and east sides

of the house, all the others died off.

Take care, Bill

FVJAMES@... wrote:

Bill:

Most of the ground is taken

care of now with peat moss and other things that will help it grow. I've

got alot of roses around the wall and they seem to do just fine. As for

the azaleas , I've never had any luck with those. I've planted them and

I killed them without even trying. I have gotten the hill planted with

pines and rosemary. That seems to be doing well , but it took alot to find

what would work up there on it. Thing here also is we don't get much rain,

so we have to fine things that will grow without much water. That's why

I went with the rosemary on the hill. It doesn't take much water. I guess

you've been stuck in the mud at times also, huh? One time when I

was young , my brother was watering the yard next to the house, I don't

know if he hit a air pocket or what, but that hose just went right into

the ground. Never could get it out, had to cut it and leave almost half

of it there. That was strange.

Take Care

Vera

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