Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Long azalea hedge with colorful blooms - charlestondavid/Shutterstock An ideal hedge is dense ...

We gardeners have plenty of evergreen options to help with our azalea and rhododendron addictions, but a deciduous azalea specimen offers a different look with brighter, more colorful flower options, ...

Evergreen azaleas are one of the most popular of the partial-shade-loving plants, but their deciduous cousins, a group known as Exbury hybrids, have largely flown under the radar. Exbury azaleas' ...

Azaleas light up gardens in spring with a profusion of colors. They are easy to grow, come in a wide range of colors and if you choose your varieties carefully, you can have blooms from late February ...

Azaleas rank among the most common plants we grow in our Southern landscapes. According to the Azalea Society of America, more than 10,000 varieties of azaleas have been registered. With so many ...

One tried and true shrub for our local gardens is the azalea: a spring-flowering beauty that can be used in many locations in the landscape. Related to the rhododendron, which is Washington state’s ...

It’s not spring — not really — until the azaleas bloom. But when they do, it’s an explosion of color and drama, like the grand finale in a Wagnerian opera. Lavender, mauve, pink, white, orange, ...

One in an occasional series of guides on growing popular plants. Other guides include lenten rose, peony, redbud, elephant ear, coleus, lantana, coneflower, savory calamint and rudbeckia. The azalea ...

JUDGING by the numbers of buds on Japanese evergreen azaleas, this is going to be a bumper year for flowers when they open soon. These little plants flower in April and May, over a period of several ...

Is it a rhododendron or an azalea? It can be puzzling because all azaleas are rhododendrons, but not all rhododendrons are azaleas. Both plants are woody, rounded shrubs in the Ericaceae (blueberry) ...

There are many reasons to find out about pruning azaleas. It could be that your shrub is dominating the space it's planted in and needs to be controlled. Maybe your azalea doesn't look that healthy so ...