Azaleas are often low maintenance yet offer striking spring blooms for the backyard, which is in part what makes them so popular. Once they are established azaleas do not need much aftercare. They ...

Azalea advice; whenever jerry dug up a bush to add to their yard's collection, he was careful to use the spade to cut widely around the roots. "Don't be shy about how big a root ball you want," he ...

A: The hesitation in your gut was right! Nope. No pruning and no fertilizing these plants this time of year, and here’s why. Both pruning and fertilizing signal a plant to put on new growth. This late ...

Playing golf in February hardly seems unusual here in the semi-tropics, but it's unheard of in places like Chicago. Except for this year, of course. Earlier this week, high temperatures there flirted ...

In order to have beautiful azaleas next spring, now’s the time to take care of them. If you haven’t fertilized your azaleas yet, now is the time. The most important factor in fertilizing azaleas is to ...

Q. I know to fertilize my azaleas once a month for about three months after they finish blooming; the question is what kind of fertilizer? At the nursery there were three different products labeled ...

"With what and when do I fertilize roses and azaleas? Can I use the same fertilizer for both plants?" These are common questions asked by gardeners quite often, especially in the spring. I will start ...

It might seem like anything you do might impact the flowers, but the fertilizer you apply now has to be absorbed by the roots and drawn up the stems. That takes time, and by the time it is absorbed ...

Azalea lace bugs mar the foliage of azaleas. East Texas is known for its azaleas and azaleas are known for being high maintenance and needing extra attention. After the recent double whammy freezes ...

Dear Roger: Tell me why my azaleas do not grow. They are several years old and are still the same size as when I planted them. I planted them with the top of the soil in their pots even with the ...

Azaleas light up the landscape with a profusion of colors, indicating that spring is here. They come in a wide variety of colors, are not too hard to grow and, if you choose wisely, you'll have ...

From the Amen Corner of Augusta National to Mobile's Azalea Trail, Southerners can't get enough of azaleas. The candy-colored blooms profusely dot the landscape each spring on well-fertilized shrubs.