Here in Southeast Louisiana we have just experienced the warmest October on record. Heat, humidity and rain and I did not see any petal blight. Even in my...
I've added images of most of the Bowie Mill hybrids to <http://www.pbase.com/azaleasociety/evergreen>. They were hybridized by Buck Clagett, our national...
Kay, Southern Indicas as a group prefer zone 8, a little warmer than you are. George Tabor will do okay I think down to 10 degrees or so, being one of the ...
Where Kay lives on the Olympic Penisula, she is at least zone 8. Will, I'm not sure where you live, but if you don't live in the Northwest, you like many...
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Joe Schild
azaleajoe@...
Nov 6, 2004 5:14 am
Bob, I looked at the thumbs and they are very nice. In the deciduous group, the Unknown Fragrant, looks a lot like one of my R. arborescens X R. cumberlandense...
I have a George Tabor here in Zone 6b that has survived (and prospered) down to about zero. It is on a slope facing southeast, heavily wooded and protected...
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Carlton LeMond
cllemond@...
Nov 6, 2004 2:58 pm
I live in zone 7, Montevallo, Al and during the winter of 93 during the snow storm we had and the following record temperatures that followed my 20 or so ...
Harold, Carlton, et al., Thanks for additional info. I thought Kay's "down into the teens" sounded like 7b. And I was being conservative re Geo.Tabor which...
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JOT
JimPatsy@...
Nov 6, 2004 10:36 pm
carlton, a "well diggers toe"? that ain't the way i heard it! anyway, most si,do well here in and around atlanta, zone 7/a/b. except" pride of mobile" jim...
If you're interested in what "S.O.D" looks like on rhododendrons and related plants and on trees in the beech family you should check the Defra website...
Hi I'm looking for a mollis azalea called: R.'Baron Constant de Rebecque' the winner is van Houtte (1872). I'm afraid its lost in cultivation. Tejo...
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Joe Schild
azaleajoe@...
Nov 9, 2004 3:08 am
Hi all, Things must be getting busy for everyone, because I have seen very little postings to the mail list. Here in the Chattanooga area, we are expecting our...
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j.klim@...
Nov 9, 2004 3:22 am
Hello Joe, I enjoy reading all of the azalea threads but am usually too busy to write much. We are also expecting first freeze in Washington DC tonight. The...
Mike, I got your seed shipment yesterday. Wow!! What a selection! Thanks so much. Our chapter members will be really excited to get these crosses. That ...
Several folks have in the recent past expressed an interest in purchasing a copy of "Azaleas" by Fred Galle at less than list. I notice that www.addall.com...
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Dorothy Diehl
datdiehl@...
Nov 9, 2004 7:42 pm
Also check the Amazon.com site/Books/Azaleas. I bought a copy advertised as the revised Galle for $7.70 plus $3.49 shipping, after following the listings for...
There are lots of copies of Galle's Southern Living "Azaleas', printed by Oxmoor Press, Birmingham, 1975. This book is less than 100 pages. Galle's azalea...
Don: I am kind of the Johnny Appleseed of native azaleas, giving away all sorts of seeds and plants so more folks will enjoy them. Plus, I receive some neat ...
Mike, I think what you are doing is great. I am sad that the Beasleys at Transplant Nursery in Georgia have truncated their offerings so much. They were a...
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jim minor
ibsjim@...
Nov 10, 2004 12:46 am
Mike: You have a great attitude as well as a tremendous knowledge of plants. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and and plants with others.... which reminds me...
At 1:10 PM -0600 on 11/9/04, Bob Kelly wrote ... Be aware, the book they're advertising is the first edition. The ISBN number for the second edition is...
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Dorothy Diehl
datdiehl@...
Nov 10, 2004 1:30 am
The Oxmoor Press book is the short one I meant. I just came home to an email refunding my $11: The book is "out of stock." There was a second unbelievable ...
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DELORIS SMITH
smit5857@...
Nov 10, 2004 2:21 am
Could I please get some of the seeds. Deloris Smith 7935 Bethel Road Gainesville, GA 30506 ... From: "Don Hyatt" <don@...> To:...
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iffy123
iffy123@...
Nov 10, 2004 8:46 pm
I rather enjoyed this letter. Reminds me that all of us are getting the mind set for winter. I don't like it in any form, but at a lat 30, I am not in the...
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Joe Schild
azaleajoe@...
Nov 11, 2004 1:16 am
Barbara, Thanks for the note. I want to encourage you to keep working with the seedlings and as you find success, you will learn more about the shrubs we all...
Here is a list of the newer books available on Azaleas and Rhododendrons. They are described in detail at my store which is listed below: American Azaleas by...
My usual procedure is to rake up leaves in the fall, put them in a wire enclosure and move them to the azalea beds as mulch late in the following spring. Of...
