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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

It's not official but azaleas are definitely in the running as the favorite flower of the South. From sunlight-dappled beds under backyard pines to golf courses to botanical gardens, azaleas offer a ...

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 ...

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 ...