27-09-2003, 10:02 PM
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The name of Azalea is Coral Bells
In article ,
(Wishy13764) wrote:
Anyone know of this variety of azaleas?
"Coral Bells" is a Kurume evergreen dwarf azalea, one of the first
varieties ever introduced from Japan to the United States.
Its the hardy type in a 10" container
facing southwest. I try to keep most of it in the shade of a yew shrub.
It gave
me new growth this summer and was wondering if I would get any blook
this fall.
If not, how should I treat it? Fertilize, bring indoors for the winter?
Most of this was already answered for you the first time you asked -- if
you check your original query you'll see good stuff on fertilizing from
Stephen. Essentially you shouldn't fertilize until late winter or early
spring, then optionally a second time after it stops blooming, probably
at the end of April. It should be an low-nitrogen fertilizer that will
say on the box that it is acidic for evergreens or for rhododendrons &
camellias.
Also as already answered, it blooms once a year, in spring. Long bloom
times & rebloom is NOT one the bonuses of azaleas & rhodies.
A ten inch pot is too small for an azalea. It will never be very tall
(takes years & years to reach two feet of hieght), but can spread rather
more swiftly to three or four feet wide. It would require at minimum a
two-foot-wide shallow pot, but would do best if you could put it in the
ground.
-paghat the ratgirl
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"Of what are you afraid, my child?" inquired the kindly teacher.
"Oh, sir! The flowers, they are wild," replied the timid creature.
-from Peter Newell's "Wild Flowers"
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