Except, of course, the sculpted, (usually) round, small-leafed
Satsuki or Kurume azaleas that frequently border the paths in
larger Japanese gardens, as in the Ninomaru Garden at the
Imperial Palace in Tokyo and the less-manicured azaleas on the
small islands in the Kyu-Shiba-rikyu Gardens in Minato-ku, Tokyo
(and others). Smaller, more intimate gardens -- like tea
gardens -- may only have a single, carefully clipped azalea as a
highlight -- or none.

Jim Lewis - - Tallahassee, FL - Only where
people have learned to appreciate and cherish the landscape and
its living cover will they treat it with the care and respect it
should have - Paul Bigelow Sears.