Azealas and Rhodies

I am gathering from the various posts here that perhaps it is the soil
which determines on how well rhodies and azaleas do in a specific zone
(with exceptions of course) instead of the zone itself.  Or perhaps it
is a bit of both.

However, I have three of the old fashion, regular 'ol rhodies - and they
seem to barely get by.  In other words, they do ok - but they have never
really given me spectacular blooms and one is about half gone.  They
were planted in a bed amended with wood mulch, pine needles and compost.

On the other hand my first PMJ hybrid, I bought at a steep discount, not
really sure how it was going to do, etc. so I just plopped it in one
late fall to see.  It is the most spectacular azalea/rhodie in my
garden.  Perhaps this is a hybrid more tolerant not only of zone 5
temps, but also less picky about soil.  ????

Tammy
Zone 5b
Mid Missouri
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