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EYESORE 9001

(28,882 posts)
Tue May 13, 2025, 07:52 AM May 2025

Spring fling in my front yard


This is from a few days ago. Rains have since removed lots of petals, so I’m glad I snapped this photo while puttering around in the yard. This is my first spring here, and I had no idea what colors these azaleas would bloom.
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Spring fling in my front yard (Original Post) EYESORE 9001 May 2025 OP
Wow, they are absolutely beautiful! Emile May 2025 #1
Gorgeous! Diamond_Dog May 2025 #2
Next gardening center I go to I will be looking Emile May 2025 #3
I have good soil for azaleas, apparently EYESORE 9001 May 2025 #4
Yep, they like acidic soil like my blueberry bushes. Emile May 2025 #5
I don't have blueberries. Yet. EYESORE 9001 May 2025 #6
By the looks of your azalea bushes, you could Emile May 2025 #7
Beautiful debm55 May 2025 #8
Absolutely beautiful!!!! Fla Dem May 2025 #9
Lovely! Very beautiful! LuckyCharms May 2025 #10
Flowers do make us feel better don't they. Boomerproud May 2025 #11

Emile

(37,042 posts)
3. Next gardening center I go to I will be looking
Tue May 13, 2025, 08:54 AM
May 2025

for azalea bushes.

Many hardy varieties good for the bone-chilling zone 6a too.

Thanks for posting.

EYESORE 9001

(28,882 posts)
4. I have good soil for azaleas, apparently
Tue May 13, 2025, 09:01 AM
May 2025

Lots of pine needles make the acidic conditions that azaleas (and rhododendrons, which I also have) prefer.

Emile

(37,042 posts)
5. Yep, they like acidic soil like my blueberry bushes.
Tue May 13, 2025, 09:06 AM
May 2025

From what I'm reading, some varieties bloom three or four times a year too.

Emile

(37,042 posts)
7. By the looks of your azalea bushes, you could
Tue May 13, 2025, 09:10 AM
May 2025

grow great blueberry bushes in that soil.

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