RE: Gardens & Weather

Gene, sounds like quite an island!

Lil T.

Georgetown ON

Zone 5

> From: genebush@netsurfusa.net
> To: perennials@hort.net
> Subject: RE: Gardens & Weather
> Date: Sun, 30 Aug 2009 08:49:38 -0500
>
> 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
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-perennials@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
Behalf
> Of Subject: Re: Gardens & Weather
>
> 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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