This is from the ASK US page so please send me a CC. My azalea is in Rockdale, Texas which is about 50 miles Northeast of Austin, 60 Northwest of Bryan-College...
Jim Gerdeman
cindyjim@...
Oct 1, 2008 11:23 pm
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Hi Jim, Thanks for contacting the Azalea Group. Here are some possibilities: Buds and twigs becoming covered with silver-gray scales is caused by one of the...
I have been involved an a book updating project(dogs not plants) for a few months now and just completed my part of the work. So some important gardening...
Previous years excellent blooms however this season plenty of buds with only about 5% opening. General y the same conditions, fertilized with fish based ...
Terry Greer
tjgreer@...
Oct 4, 2008 1:17 am
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Are you talking about deciduous azalea, evergreen azalea or evergreen rhododendron. I have had this happen to to freezes killing buds or drought before and...
Your first problem is your last name being "Greer". That will kill any plant because I have been killing them with that same last name for nearly 50 years! ...
Hi Terry, There are several possible reasons. The most common is drought. The plants will compensate for dry conditions by not opening flower buds. They will...
The last flower of the bloom season will have to be Rhododendron serrulatum that we got from RareFind Nursery last year simply labeled as R. serrulatum ball...
Fred Galle's book lists R. serrulatum as only hardy to zones 7a-10a. Obviously this is not the case with your selection; it has wintered in the ground in...
Technically its R. viscosum syn serrulatum. Well.last winter was close to zone 7 for us with a ton of snow cover. Could not use it for seed parent..unless I...
Hello I live in NE Georgia and would like to plant several white Azaleas.? The area is pretty shady, only dappled sunshine; it's OK for the plant to grow to...
missyharmany@...
Oct 5, 2008 1:40 am
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Hi Melissa, Your blooms probably turn brown due to petal blight. Either you do a preventative spray with a suitable fungicide to prevent the problem or you...
I have a large patch of colonial bonafide serrulatum in the back corner of my yard if you ever need stems for comparison. My start of the variety came from a...
I would recommend Glen Dale Glacier and H.H. Hume, which I grow. Sun Valley also does well here in the center of South Carolina. Mike Creel, Lexington, SC ...
This is from the ASK US page, so please send me a CC. My azaleas have very few leaves and I get very few blooms in spring.  There does not appear to be...
William Chancellor
floyd.chancellor@...
Oct 5, 2008 11:26 pm
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Hi Floyd, We need a lot more information. Do you know the cultivar names --- the names of the azaleas? When were they planted? Were they new last year, or...
I also am growing a r. serrulatum in bloom now; got it from Fern Gully Nursery. This plant is a full 6 weeks later than my second latest azalea. Right now,...
Jim, According to Dr. Kron from back in 1993, Rhododendron coryi, R. oblongifolium, and R. serrulatum are all R. viscosum ---- Edinburgh Journal of Botany,...
I just bought and planted a new monarch azalea that is about 15 inches tall. I put fertilizer in the soil as I was adding dirt behind my new landscaping wall...
Feldkamp, Kimberly
Kimberly.Feldkamp@...
Oct 7, 2008 4:24 pm
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Hi Kimberly, The danger in late growth is that the new shoots will not "harden off" before significant frosts hit in the fall and will die. This doesn't ...
Barry In the second to last line of your note should that read . . . *not* prone to freezing temperatures . . . Nick Yarmoshuk St. Catharines ON Canada On...
Hi Nick, Quite possibly my brain is out to lunch, but on re-reading it seems to say what I wanted it to say: I believe that you can fertilize lightly during...
7 October 2008 Fret not, Kimberly. What's done is done. You do not say anything about your geographical area, but from your e-mail address I'm guessing Kansas....
George Klump
mixturev@...
Oct 7, 2008 5:45 pm
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OK Barry . . .. . I have no concerns if it was your intent to say that, once a plant is dormant, light fertilization during the freeze-up will result in...
Barry and others . . . . This article may be of interest to folks. http://www.rhodoniagara.org/feed.htm Nick Yarmoshuk On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 1:33 PM, Barry...
Hi Kimberly, What is done can be undone. It is easy to replant, removing most of the soil with the fertilizer in it and using a good acidic soil mix without ...
Kimberly, the larger and more important question is what is the variety or cultivar name of the azalea you purchased. If you bought it in bloom at this time...
Mike, I think what Kimberly has is the Encore 'Autumn Monarch', which is why it is in bloom. Kansas may be too far north for Encores, but I'm glad to see...
Bob et al, Autumn Monarch (TM) is the trademark name for the cultivar 'Conleo'. On another matter --- no one ventured a guess to my earlier question --- how do...
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