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Old 10-09-2004, 02:48 PM
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On Wed, 15 Sep 2004 08:00:22 -0400, "kc"
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===As a new home owner who inherited lots of landscaping with my house, I
===didn't know to cut back azealas and rhododendrens when they bloomed this
===spring. I've been told if I cut them back now I will "cut off all the
===spring blooms", but they are horribly leggy and overgrown and I think I have
===no choice or my neighbors may picket me soon...do you think I'll get some
===bloom even if I cut back now?
===Thanks
===Kirsten
===



Odds are you will still get some blooms, but probably not as many as
you would if you pruned them when it was the right time. In all the
years we have lived here, I have only ever gottenaround to pruning my
azalea perhaps 3 or 4 times at the correct time of the year, and
usually ind myself cutting them back when I have the time. They have
always had more than sufficient blooms just the same. This year agan I
never got them done in time, but will probably hit them hard and heavy
in a month or two.......
Personally I would cut them back and what happens, happens. You
certainly won;t kill them in all reality, as azaleas are pretty darn
tough and withstand quite severe cutting back once they are
established..
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