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Az good as it gets for a zing of colour

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Vincent
Published date07 April 2024
Publication titleDaily Star (England)
Some of these species have traffic light colours and can look garish when there are acres of them flowering. But sometimes a spot of brightness in the garden can be like a magical exclamation mark

In my garden a favourite moment is when my neon pink azaleas come into blossom. Our garden soil isn't acidic so I planted them in a pot which I filled with ericaceous peat-free compost.

I packed three together to form a pool of brilliant pink.

And while their neon colour might be too much for a border, set in a pot on the terrace it makes a startling and dependable explosion of colour every April.

The other advantage of

LOVELY: Orange azaleas being in a pot, besides being able to control the soil acidity, is that they can be moved into the background when they cease to • Flower.

So what's the difference between azaleas and rhododendrons?

Well these days azaleas are classified as the same genus as rhododendrons but older gardeners (including myself ) still tend to use the old moniker. Azaleas are either evergreen or deciduous and often smaller, making them more suitable for containers and smaller garden s.

They have funnel-shaped flowers in a variety of dazzling colours including hot pinks, electric orange and psychedelic purples.

rhododendrons are usually medium to large shrubs, often evergreen with large sometimes leathery leaves and big trusses of bell-shaped flowers. That said, whichever you are planting or looking after, both have similar...

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