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Azalea - Pink and Sweet
Purplish-pink flowers have a golden flare in the throat and a spicy sweet fragrance. Azaleas prefer light to moderate shade and watering newly planted azaleas is essential. This is especially true when planting in spring. Their shallow roots will dry out quickly during periods of limited rainfall. Site selection is very important. Few landscape plants are more colorful than Pink and Sweet or offer as many opportunities for your landscape. Pink and Sweet performs best in well drained, acid, organic soil that maintains a uniform moisture level all year. These sweet azaleas are so well named since they are lovely and very fragrant. It grows 4 feet wide and 3 feet wide. Striking blossoms are set off by deep green foliage that turns red each fall. Pink and Sweet Azalea, Rhododendron viscosum 'Pink and Sweet', extends the season with color since it is a late-blooming azalea. ... more info
Adams Needle This variety has a white edge. Yucca filamentosa makes dense clumps of stiff leaves 30 inches or so long and edged with fine curly hairs. Yuccas are hardier than they appear, and only fail in cold exposed inland positions, where they are better grown as container plants. The remarkable flower-spikes, 6' or more high, appear when plants are five or more years old. |
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