On 3/23/2021 8:14 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> On 3/23/2021 7:33 PM, jmcquown wrote:
>> Â*From a large azaela bush at the front of the house by the garage:
>>
>> https://i.postimg.cc/gkhQmTqB/front-of-house.jpg
>>
>> This is from a very large azalea at the back corner of the house.Â* I
>> can see it from the window where I sit at my desk.Â* I like it not only
>> because it's pretty but also because it blocks my view of the neighbor
>> puttering around on his back patio. LOL
>>
>> https://i.postimg.cc/Ssj15Txd/backofhouse.jpg
>>
>> There are blooms that start at the very bottom of that particular bush:
>>
>> https://i.postimg.cc/QMFpZRcF/groundlevel.jpg
>>
>> The blooms that started blooming on this one first were on the ground.
>> They're working their way up in terms of opening.Â* The branches
>> closest to me from this vantage point are bursting with blooms, most
>> of which haven't quite opened yet.Â* The top ones are just starting to
>> show themselves.Â* I can see blooms in the middle of the bush which
>> don't get a lot of sunlight.Â* I just donned some gardening gloves and
>> cleared a whole bunch of Spanish Moss from those inner branches.
>> Spanish Moss gets blown everywhere from the oak and pine trees.
>>
>> In another week, the entire azalea bush will be popping with blooms,
>> inside and out.
>>
>> Jill
> Very nice.Â* I like azaleas.Â* They don't last long but sure look good
> while they bloom.

The blooms don't last long, no. The ones planted at the front of my
house bloom twice a year (I barely get a chance to trim them before they
start to bud again, got to do it at just the right time, quickly!) The
ones out back aren't the same but the blooms are much larger.

Jill