Azalea help

Mr. Hanami · Post by **Mr. Hanami** » Apr 19, 2007 10:33 pm

Hi,
Last fall I planted a small Azalea ‘Gumbo White’ in front of my house foundation. It’s a South East exposure and I planted it in the far end where there is sun until around 2 - 3 pm when it gets shade. It looks pretty good now, it survived the winter OK. I’ve been doing some reading about Gumbo’s and it seems it needs more shade. Should I move it to a shadier part of my property or should I leave it?
Thank you,
J

whis4ey · Post by **whis4ey** » Apr 20, 2007 4:22 am

Presumably it will be flowering soon. If that is so, and you are happy with its condition (which you seem to be) I would leave it alone
If the sun gets too hot you could always buy it an umbrella?

Mr. Hanami · Post by **Mr. Hanami** » Apr 20, 2007 11:25 pm

Yeah…I’ll wait and see how it looks when it flowers in May.
I like your the other option, I think it will look great with a little geisha umbrella. LOL!!!

whis4ey · Post by **whis4ey** » Apr 21, 2007 4:04 am

So do I
Your garden could be the talk of the neighbourhood

irkwater · Post by **irkwater** » Apr 21, 2007 8:05 am

My azaleas both the Japanese evergreen and the decidous kind are all planted in sunny spots and seem to be happy.

Mind you mine are in the pennines and what may be sun to you may be something else somewhere else
Give us another poem
Regards Brian

Mr. Hanami · Post by **Mr. Hanami** » Apr 21, 2007 8:13 pm

Hi Brian,
I’m glad your azaleas are happy in the sun. I hope mine are too. BTW...what does “pennines” mean?

“Summer grasses:
all that remains of great soldiers’
imperial dreams “ Basho

Thanks,
J

irkwater · Post by **irkwater** » Apr 22, 2007 4:41 am

Hi.
The Pennines are a range of hills between Lancashire and Yorkshire
i live on the western side and George lives on the wrong side
or so they say
Brian

George Nesfield · Post by **George Nesfield** » Apr 22, 2007 8:42 am

Hi,
I read that.

George.

Mr. Hanami · Post by **Mr. Hanami** » Apr 22, 2007 1:51 pm

They call that the "wrong side of the tracks" where I come from.

whis4ey · Post by **whis4ey** » Apr 22, 2007 2:45 pm

The Battle of the Roses seems to have solved nothing

George Nesfield · Post by **George Nesfield** » Apr 23, 2007 3:16 pm

Hi Sam,
There aint no roses in a Japanese garden.

George.