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Old 08-02-2009, 05:43 PM posted to rec.gardens
[email protected] Peter@yahoo.com is offline
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Default Encore Azalea help


Can anyone offer information or point me to a quality site offering information. on
Encore Azaleas??

The Encore Azalea site reads like a late night info-mercial... all marketing hype with
little or no substance.

Here are my questions....

Encore says their plants can be used in container gardens... that's all the information
they give. Are all Encore's suitable for container plants or just the smaller ones.

What size containers ??? Is there a ratio between the size of the plant versus the
rootball, that can be used to figure out the size of the container ??

Azalea's in general have surface root systems.... if one was using this as a container
plant, would you go wider or deeper.

Last, what type of soil mix would be suggested for a container planting ??

I wasted a lot of time trying to get simple answers from Encore, (shame on them). Just
to ask a simple question, they wanted name, address, phone number, email address and
all the good stuff that can be used to place me on yet another unwanted marketing mailing
list.

Can any of you good people here provide answers or information or even a reference to
a knowledgeable site offering information about Encore's ??

Thanks in advance !!!

Peter