Yes, but if you look at the soil survey from that entire county and surrounding
counties, there is a corridor where soil samples had been taken and those soils
were neutral to acidic, perfect for azaleas. People have dogwoods in some
spots.

I won't deny the old money in that area and how much they pay to maintain those
beautiful plantings, but it doesn't change the "chasm" of acidic soil between
two alkaline spots.


On Tue, 08 Jul 2003 22:09:54 GMT, "N. Woolley" wrote:

All those azaleas in the Park Cities were the brainchild of a man named
Lambert (there is still a Lambert's Landscaping in Dallas). He knew that
the rick folks could pay to have their plants pampered - like with
regular additions to the soil to keep it acidic and lots of watering.
And if one dies, just plant another. I think he started putting them in
sometime in the 1950's.

-Nancy