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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

April is the best time to fertilize azaleas. (CHRIS GRANGER) QUESTION: What is the best time to fertilize azaleas? I pruned them about a month ago. -- Tony Garner ANSWER: Azalea bushes are fertilized ...

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 ...

"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 ...

Azaleas usually weather the South's mild frosts without problem, but many evergreen azaleas don't like a deep freeze. They need a helping hand so they can come through winter without losing a few ...

Azaleas and Rhododendrons are among the most coveted landscape plants. Despite their popularity, few people understand that azaleas belong to the larger Rhododendron family. The Rhododendron family ...

One of the most widely planted landscape shrubs in Louisiana is the azalea. Dwarf, intermediate and the larger-growing Southern Indica varieties are common in our landscapes. Many times from the late ...

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 ...