(this is from the ASK US page, so please send me a CC) I live in Foley, MN. on the boarder of Zones 3 & 4. I planted three azaleas this past spring and they...
Greg Sauer
gsauer@...
Nov 3, 2008 8:38 pm
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 Hello Greg;     Since these azaleas were just planted by you this year , their root system has only had about 6 months to "venture" for minerals and...
Hi This is from the ASK US page, so please send me a CC...Thanks I am a landscape architect in Atlanta, GA (zone 7). I'm looking for a low growing...
Jonathan Bussell
jbrala@...
Nov 4, 2008 11:16 pm
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You indicated that this was the name of the azalea I have been searching fo for 3 years - any idea where I can purchase? Thank you for your help!...
Sally Moya
Cranberry05@...
Nov 5, 2008 1:27 am
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Hi Sally, I didn't see a record of your previous question, but Knap Hill is the name of a large hybrid group of deciduous azaleas. Greer Gardens has a large...
Sally, Bill's note is correct. Can you better identify the plant you want? There are also other nurseries which may be nearer to you but a better name of the...
[this is from the ASK US page, so please send me a CC] HY, MY NAME IS FEDERICO DOMINGUEZ, IM FROM BUENOS AIRES ARGENTINA, IM STUDDING BIOLOGY AT MAIMONIDES...
Federico Dominguez
alodefede@...
Nov 5, 2008 10:12 pm
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I minored in Spanish and Portuguese in collegio a Unversidad de Sud Carolina, mejor en Journalismo, but am not fluent. What is the premise of your project?...
[note: copy emailed to Fred] Hi Mike, I think you left out one word: WHITE All of the 7 WHITE species (alabamense, arborescens, atlanticum, eastmanii,...
I think it goes for all sections of Rhododendron. Fragrance, if any, is stronger in the whites. -- Larry Wallace Cincinnati God is everwhere, but he works in...
Thank you for correcting my omission of the word WHITE. I think a study of evergreen azalea varieties (or species) that produce any fragrance at all would be...
So even with evergreen rhodies, fragrance is more likely in white flowered forms? Why do you suppose that is? Mike Creel, SC ... From: Larry Wallace...
No sure, but can we ever be sure? But we think fragrance has to do with "Who is doing the pollinating". What insect, bird, animal ect. In Vireyas the reds...
E. WHITE SMITH
bovees@...
Nov 6, 2008 10:48 pm
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One example of an Exbury azalea which I grow that is reddish orange with lots of fragrance is Balzac. Bruce Clyburn New Waterford, NS ... From: Mike Creel To:...
E. White, "The article in the new ARS Journal is kind of deep but he talks about yellow colored flowers and that they probably won't have fragrance and why." I...
Yes you are right, but. Then again R. occidentale in it's almost yellow forms still has fragrance and probably because occidentale was used in many of the...
E. WHITE SMITH
bovees@...
Nov 7, 2008 1:04 am
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The only fragrant evergreen azalea that I know of is R. mucronatum. I think it's considered a hybrid but of unknown parentage. It has a large white flower with...
I guess Rhododendron austrinum didn't get the word. It doesn't seem to fit the no-fragrance yellow rule. There appears to be more than one form of R....
George Klump
mixturev@...
Nov 7, 2008 5:25 am
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There must be some separate gene that creates sweet fragrance in R. austrinum or the absence of the gene that could prevent the fragrance gene or genes from...
I suppose a precursor of certain non'volitile color chemicals may be volatile. If the pathway to color is blocked at the right point fragrance results. There...
Larry, are you saying that a blocked color pathway can allow fragrance to manifest? Is there research to that effect? What other fragrances are you talking...
7 November 2008 Carl Deul wrote a very provocative article on this whole subject which just came out in the ARS Journal. You might be interested in getting a ...
George Klump
mixturev@...
Nov 7, 2008 11:15 pm
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The only azalea flowers I have are on evergreens (I have a very shady lot) and the first flower that I noticed with a fragrance is the fall blooming "August to...
I just remembered that some time back I started a discussion string in this group on the subject of fragrant evergreen azaleas. I wanted to create a file, a...
For those who are interested, the Frostberg Yates that Mike is talking about is actually 'Frostburg'. It is named after a town in Maryland just west of...
Hello, This is from the ASK US page, so please send me a CC. All the leaves dried up on our azalea. We might have forgotten to water it, but it seemed to...
Terry Pernsteiner
pernsteiner@...
Nov 10, 2008 4:50 pm
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Hi Terry, I suspect the water globe provides too much water for your azalea in a small pot. The rule for watering azaleas is water thoroughly but not ...
10 November 2008 Greetings, Terry, Bill Miller has given you an excellent suggestion here re the potting soil, a suggestion which is good, even if you plant it...
George Klump
mixturev@...
Nov 10, 2008 6:09 pm
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Can you please tell me if azaleas are poisonous, and if so what can it do. ? Thak you very much, Gail...
glopez7473@...
Nov 11, 2008 5:17 pm
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Gail, Thanks for asking us. Azaleas are poisonous, and eating the flowers and leaves can cause gastrointestinal and cardiovascular problems. Fortunately you...
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