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George Shirley · 22-04-2008, 05:53 PM posted to rec.gardens

wrote:
Our house is 85 years old and I can only imagine that the azalea is
about 30 years old. I like the azaleas...however, I am not attached
to them...if I do remove them, are there tricks removing such a
behemoth?
Yeah, hook a chain or rope around them and pull them out of the ground
with a vehicle or a come-along. I removed 14 of the huge ones here in
1990 so I could put in a vegetable garden. They're generally not deeply
rooted and are usually easy to move.

I moved several of them up under three oak trees on a slope, put leaves
and compost over the roots that were just sitting on the ground. They're
still growing and have covered the area I wanted covered. The rest I
dragged behind a car over to the neighbor next door and he planted them
along a fence as a hedge. Covered the roots just as I did. They're still
growing.

I don't know about where you live but azaleas can be hard to kill down
here in SW Louisiana.