On 13 Aug 2004 at 3:32,
zube100@HOTMAIL.COM wrote:
> Hi folks,
> I thought I'd post a message here and see if anyone can help me. A
> week ago I dug up a large azalea from the flowerbed at my mother's
> house. She passed away in January and the house is being sold. I
> suppose the plant has been in the ground for 15-20 years, but that's
> only a guess. I was wondering if someone can help me identify it. I'm
> fairly sure it's some type of satsuki, only because it bloomed
> vigorously all through June. The flowers are a bright fuscia/pink, and
> small, about 1¼ " across. They are also a hose-in-hose, no ruffles,
> but a very standard satsuki shape with 5 distinct star-like petals
> (only double). I would think that this is some type of domestic
> variety. I'm sure it came from a garden center or nursery. If anyone
> has any ideas, I'd be grateful.
Go to your public library and check out Fred Galle's "Azaleas." It
is the English-speaking-world's bible on Azaleas. It's likely that
you can ID your plant there. Galle had a hand in on Ortho's "All
About Azaleas (and Rhododendrons?)" too, but it is only a sketch of
the big book.
Jim Lewis -
jklewis@nettally.com - Tallahassee, FL - Nature
encourages no looseness, pardons no errors. Ralph Waldo Emerson
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