Frank325, Nice job repotting. That is a nice symmetrical plant now. The 'spots' could be bruising from being in the store; they can really take a beating from customers, employees, etc. Not to worry, they will eventually age and be removed. The gap you referred to was a 'culture break' which is the result of changes in its growing environment. The long leaves were on the plant while it was in the store, with certain growing conditions. You brought it home where conditions were different, and better. The new growth in the center shows how much it likes your house! Nice job. Barbara

You can do that. Or..you can wind it up & over the top of the pot or around the hanger. I have made mine very impressive looking by winding it around & up & over. You can secure with orchid clips. If you do trim, you can start cuttings, but beware this variety is VERY slow to grow. I have cuttings I made 2 years ago & they have hardly grown at all. :-( Just thoughts on the matter. It will not harm it to cut away. Marcy

If it were a climber, I think it would be very obvious by now. I thought I bought an Iceberg, but it turned out to be a climber by the Fall having planted it bare root in January. It was VERY clear that it was a climber, and it still is.

There doesn't seem to be anything to lose by trying to move them next spring. If these are deciduous azaleas, a new full sun location would be fine. Evergreen types would be better with some afternoon shade and protection from winter sun and wind. The main difficulty is likely to be digging them out of ground now filled with spruce roots. Navigating around the spruce branches in order get close to the main trunks of the azaleas may be another problem. Both types of azalea should put out new growth if pruned back and kept watered. The current habit of growing low to the ground may be due to a particular variety of evergreen azalea, but more likely the result of growing toward the strongest source of light.