companion plants for Encore azaleas?
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Comments (11)Yes: Roots aren't meant to be damaged. They aren't even very cold-tolerant, relative to the top of the same plant, with root damage to potted stock sitting above the ground occurring at about 20 degrees F. higher temperature than the tops. Balling in burlap and bare-rooting kill most of the small roots, that is why top growth is stunted the first year after these are transplanted. The roots run the show, if something happens to the roots the top has to wait until these recover before it can carry on as before. With container stock you are supposed to be able to slip the plant out of the pot and into the ground with little root damage. However, in practice growers generate much rootbound stock, making it necessary for the serious gardener to wash these of soil and inspect the roots for defects, correct them at planting time. Most stock I look at here has signs of having been left in a small container too long. This includes container-grown broad-leaved evergreens. I seldom buy camellias form local garden centers as the two giant California growers that supply nearly all of the material offered here are very consistent about sending up terribly rootbound camellias. I have even seen 5 gallon stock with a small square of roots on top of the potting medium, in full view and indicating the plant sat in a square pot for a (too) long time when small. Rhododendrons, azaleas and other heath family shrubs are a problem because their fine, dense sod-like roots do not lend themselves to bare-rooting very much....See MoreAutumn Carnation Encore Azaleas
Comments (1)brown and brittle = dead also, the encore azaleas are evergreen where hardy so they should not defoliate completely. they will drop leaves as they replace them with new ones but after spring growth flushes. sounds like you have properly sited them and kept them well watered so perhaps your plants have succombed to disease of some sort. can you take them back to the nursery for replacements?...See MoreEncore Azaleas
Comments (3)I have several Encores here at the top of zone 7a and they do fine. I have 'Autumn Royalty' and 'Autumn Sangria'. They seem to need more sun than most azaleas to boom well, especially for good rebloom in Fall. However, more sun also bleaches flowers faster. This spring they were just covered in blooms. Maples have really greedy roots once they get big and you may have a problem getting anything to do well under it. Been there, had that! LOL! We removed our maples! Now a Japanese maple probably is not so greedy. But, red, silver, and other large growers can be thugs. It is actually quite hard to find a shade-tolerant evergreen. Depends on how much shade and shelter you have. For shade tolerant broadleafed evergreens, you might look up Pieris, Mountain laurel, Kurume azaleas, rhododendron (like Nova Zembla), Osmanthus, Mahonia, Leucothoe, for starters. There might even be some super hardy camellias....See MoreAttractive grouping of companion plants for deciduous azalea
Comments (3)I'm grouping my Klondyke azaleas with Crater Lake rhododendrons because I like the contrast between the orange azalea blossoms and the blue/purple rhodie flowers. I also planted japanese plum yews in the background so that I have an evergreen backdrop for the azaleas all year long. You might want to think about getting more orange deciduous azaleas (or yellow) and pair them with blue/purple rhodies if you like the contrast. This picture that I found on the web inspired me (not mine). Are you in PNW too?...See More- 16 years ago
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