I thought you might like to know that we now have an Azalea Chapter in Alabama. It's name is the "Alabamense" and we currently have 26 members that have joined...
Carlton LeMond
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Aug 3, 2004 2:29 pm
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Carlton, Glad to hear the great news! But always keep in mind that Georgia has the greatest number of naturally occuring species azaleas in the United States....
I just received this from Tom Hughes daughter-in-law, who said she was going through his old email before cancelling the account - "i wanted to let you know,...
This is indeed sad news, though expected. Tom was one of the founding members of the Tennessee Valley Chapter-ARS and served wonderfully as the chapter...
Joe Schild
azaleajoe@...
Aug 3, 2004 11:26 pm
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Folks, I've begun to put past azalea data into my own personal archives, and came across an article, "The Wild Ones", by Mike Creel in the South Carolina...
Mary & Bill McDavit
osprey1@...
Aug 3, 2004 11:32 pm
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For those of us who have started putting together a collection of digital pics of our favorite azaleas, there is a service that now converts those digital...
Joe Schild
azaleajoe@...
Aug 4, 2004 12:17 am
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Thanks for that link, Joe. About a year and a half ago I gave a talk to an ASA chapter and had only digital pics with no digital projector available. The...
Barry, I tried the same process of making slides off my monitor and off prints of my digital files, and got fair to lousy copies. Mostly, I wasted a roll of ...
Joe Schild
azaleajoe@...
Aug 4, 2004 3:32 am
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It was published a year before I saw the azaleas that became the first May White (Rhododendron eastmanii) and seven years before Dr. Kathy Kron and I had an ...
Satsuki Sat-Ski Is how my Japanese friends pronouce it. It means azalea in Japanese, or at least they use if for all evergreen azaleas ken cox...
Ken Cox
kenc@...
Aug 4, 2004 9:26 pm
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American Azaleas" I have a copy of this and very interesting it is too. A bit lacking on species descriptions, which could have been more detailed, but good on...
Ken Cox
kenc@...
Aug 4, 2004 9:34 pm
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In a message dated 8/4/2004 5:27:05 PM Eastern Daylight Time, kenc@... writes: It means azalea in Japanese, or at least they use if for all evergreen...
PrecursorS@...
Aug 4, 2004 10:17 pm
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Ken, If I recall correctly, the word satsuki is from the name of the 5th month in ancient Japanese. Since it blooms later than other azaleas. Bob Kelly...
Can anyone send me a copy of this article? If so I would be delighted to read it. Thank you. Deloris Smith Zone 7 7935 Bethel Road Gainesville, GA 30506 ... ...
DELORIS SMITH
smit5857@...
Aug 5, 2004 2:21 am
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Leaf bud and single bud cuttings. It is possible to get roots on these, but they tend not to grow away, so I would not think that it has much merit, compared...
Ken Cox
kenc@...
Aug 5, 2004 7:52 am
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Dolores, Perhaps Mike Creel has an extra copy and would be willing to part with it. I can not bring myself to copy something somebody/org. has done without...
Mary & Bill McDavit
osprey1@...
Aug 5, 2004 3:41 pm
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I have just recently ventured into trying leaf-bud cuttings (single leaf, single bud, very short stem) this season so I can't really evaluate how well or ...
I have in computer format two versions of that article: before the magazine editor's shortened it and after they took out the good stuff, primarily interviews...
The ASA website now includes descriptions of the Holly Springs hybrids from Pete Vines' 1990 catalog - with thanks to Pete for permission, Frank Pelurie for...
Enter your vote today! A new poll has been created for the azaleas group: Vaseyi Chapter ASA is thinking of re-ordering the azalea t-shirt that was sold at...
azaleas@yahoogroups.com
Aug 5, 2004 9:28 pm
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At 12:18 PM -0700 on 8/5/04, Mike Creel wrote ... Yahoo has a mechanism for things like this at our home page <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/azaleas/> - I've...
Hi Bob. I have two of the shirts and love them, BUT if I remember right there is a mistake on the back. Have not looked for a while but one of the species...
E. WHITE SMITH
bovees@...
Aug 5, 2004 11:37 pm
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At 4:37 PM -0700 on 8/5/04, E. WHITE SMITH wrote ... Hah! I hope not. If so, it would cost about $5 per shirt to make new silk screens at the small quantity we...
No, No do not change it. I love the shirt. I have had lots of people ask about it. I will look and see if I can figure out my problem. E. WHITE SMITH ...
E. WHITE SMITH
bovees@...
Aug 6, 2004 4:04 pm
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Yes I would love to have one of the shirts. Deloris Smith Zone 7 ... From: <azaleas@yahoogroups.com> To: <azaleas@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Thursday, August 05,...
DELORIS SMITH
smit5857@...
Aug 6, 2004 6:32 pm
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Ed, I t think I currently grow three different seasons of Red Max seed you shared with me. Two almost knee high plants (still in pots) from the oldest group...
What is this azalea? I got it from Joe Parks a few years ago. He found it among a lot of R. viscosum seedlings. As you can see, it has beautiful shiny,...
Bill, Though the pic is small, the flowers and foliage looks very much like R. arborescens. Both R. viscosum and R. arborescens interbreed freely, I doubt it...
Joe Schild
azaleajoe@...
Aug 6, 2004 10:04 pm
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Bill, It sure looks like the late blooming form of R. arborescens to me which is given the varietal name 'georgiana'. Is it fragrant and are the stems smooth...
I would appreciate a copy. If you have been able to scan in into an Adobe Acrobat file, it will transfer and download faster. Thanks Barbara O'Meallie Pass...