Re: Azalea pennsylvania

Hello Walter,
    thanks for the additional information on the azalea. Appreciate you
taking the time to pass it along. I have a catalog and web site address for
Carlsons Gardens and will probably be ordering this fall. I am, at the
present time, trying to hold out for bloom periods in July and August, so
your PA would fit right in there. I do have to find the time to make one
more trip out to a regional nursery and check with them on cultivars (they
will discount heavily to me).
    Couple of storms have come through this week, but still no real rain.
Just teasers.
    Gene E. Bush
Munchkin Nursery & Gardens, llc
www.munchkinnursery.com
genebush@munchkinnursery.com
Zone 6/5  Southern Indiana
----- Original Message -----
> Hi Gene:
> I bought my "pennsylvania at Westons up in Hopkinton,Ma last October,
> wintered it over in my veggie garden and transplanted to a permanent(?)
home
> this spring. I believe it's a Weston hybrid. The Mezitts, owners of
Westons
> were responsible for Rhody "PJM" "OLGA" and others   Her's what they say
> about 'pennsylvania' "Summer flowering. Very late blooming. Delicate pink
> flowers the third week of July.  Each flower has an orange eye and remains
> colorful with a touch of sweet fruity fragrance into early August. Wide
> growing, slow,and upright.  Small rounded apple green foliage turns a
> distinctive coppery yellow before dropping in autumn."  This beauty is
> nothing like the Exbury types; more like an evergreen type.
> You might also check out Carlsons Gardens in Salem, NY just a few miles
above
> White Plains.  I know they have Polly Hill " West Tisbury" azaleas which
are
> late June ground cover types getting only 12/15 inches tall but eventually
> spreding 5/6 feet.  great over a wall.  And con't forget a blueberry bush
or
> two; great in the woodland garden, tho they prefer sun, they'll be ok,
just
> don't expect many berries.
> http://www.carlsonsgardens.com
> Walter in Bucks County, Pa

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