Today’s photos are from Jolene, who is sharing the beautiful garden that her mother, Tina Iosca, has created. We’ve been lucky enough to visit this beautiful garden before: The Secret Garden.
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How to Grow and Care for Azaleas in ContainersIf you love the bright splash of color that azaleas can bring to your yard, but don’t have much room in your garden, why not grow them in containers instead?
Since these shrubs thrive in a partially shady environment, they make ideal patio or porch plants and can liven up apartment balconies too.
In our guide to growing azaleas, we discuss how to cultivate these flowering shrubs in the garden. In this guide, I’ll cover everything you need to know about how to grow them in pots and containers.
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Before we dive in, however, a note of caution: it’s vital to understand how toxic these shrubs are.
Ingesting any part of the plant or even eating honey made from bees that feed on azalea flowers can cause low blood pressure, a lowered heart rate, and arrhythmia.
So keep your kids and pets away from the shrubs!
Are you are ready to plant some lovely azaleas in pots? Let’s get started!
Getting StartedBefore we launch into choosing the right container, let’s break down the two main types of azaleas: deciduous and evergreen. Both types are species in the Rhododendron genus, part of the Ericaceae family.
Within these two categories, some azaleas might be species varieties and others may be cultivated hybrids, which are crosses between different species.
One of the most popular cultivated hybrid series is Encore®, developed in the 1980s by Buddy Lee, a Louisiana horticulturist and plant breeder.
These delightful hybrids bloom in the spring, again in the summer, and once again in the fall. They are a cross between spring-blooming azaleas and Taiwanese summer-blooming azaleas.
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