RE: Gardens & Weather

Joanie,
	Thanks for the interest in my azalea walk, but right now there is
not much in the way of drama to show you. I have been trading goodies for
azalea starts with a collector and breeder down in NC. The azalea I have
transplanted are rather small and it takes about 2 years for one to settle
in well. A short description would be a kind of an island up on the hill.
The island is a raised bed about 150 feet long, 30 to 50 wide. Around the
outside edge of the island are azalea. Thus far about 25 of them and a path
going around the island so the azalea and the understory can be experienced
up close. One day I will have photo. Probably will begin next spring.
	There are over 40 species of native azalea, numerous cultivars,
hybrids and selections. Almost without end, actually. Rhododendron canadense
is native to north eastern coast along with R. prinophyllyum and
R.periclymenoides. You could begin with those and anything with their
parentage in the mix. And,of course they have several selections from each
species.
	Come visit when mine are in bloom next year.

Gene E. Bush
Munchkin Nursery & Gardens,LLC
www.munchkinnursery.com
Garden Writer - Photographer -  Lecturer


	

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From: owner-perennials@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf
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Gene...any way we could see some pix of your hillside azaleas? I checked  
out your web site but no luck. Lucky you to have a hillside...I put in some

berms but it's just not quite the same thing:-) Which native azaleas have 
done  well for you? Would any work in zone 5a?
 
Joanie Anderson
35 mi. north of Chicago

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