deciduous azalea, maybe? Katniss looks good!
A few years ago, I was cutting back a very ragged group of rhododendrons and found this is the middle of the mess. Asked about it here and Barb (formerly known as Baffle) told me that it was an azalea hybrid. I have since forgotten what it's technically called. Anyway, it's getting healthier now that it doesn't have so much competition and can see sunlight and looks quite nice this year. The blooms are pretty fiery and darker than usual so I'm just going to stop worrying about what it actually is and call it Katniss.
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deciduous azalea, maybe? Katniss looks good!
Sue
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janedoe (05-26-2014)
Unique azalea. Never heard of this. Thanks for sharing. Glad you brought it out into the sunlight. Enjoy azaleas, have one in my front yard. Hoping it fills out nicely for you.
KAZ
janedoe (05-26-2014)
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janedoe (05-27-2014)
I've forgotten what it is or is it just called a hybrid? These are the flowers on mine.
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Katniss is a really good name for yours....would probably be appropriate for mine, too. (Although the only plant I've ever named was an avocado I grew from a pit decades ago....I called him Aristophanes Avocado.)
Anyway....mine is the only azalea/rhodo that has agreed to live and flower on my property. I've had a couple of other live but never flower (I took them out). The properties on both sides of ours have wonderfully successful azalea plantings but our property is a bit lower and colder in the winter, so maybe that's it. I just planted something called a Swamp Azalea...have four more on order for other wettish areas of the property....can't wait to see if they'll like it.
I love the yellows and oranges and reds that the Exburys come in....and the rangy growth pattern. I like the unrestrained, gleeful look of them.
janedoe (05-27-2014)
Thank you!
Your flowers are so pretty! Ours just bloomed and they look a little ragged already. I think the dang thing needs some help that I'm not giving it.
Let me know how the swamp azaleas work out. I have some low lying areas that I tried to plant wildflowers in and it didn't work out so well. I'm kind of at a loss.
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