Saturday, April 11, 2015

A PRETTY AZALEA

I took this snap this afternoon of a potplant that lives on our front patio.  Why did I do that you ask.  Mainly because it never fails to amaze me, at its second flowering each season, just how many different colours it shows on the one bush.


Incidentally, a lady (one of those people who you feel thinks they know everything) told me exactly fourteen years ago (in April 2001) that this azalea was dying and we'd be lucky if it lasted out the season.    Personally, I think for a plant that was given the death sentence so long ago, it is doing rather well.
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  1. AnonymousApril 11, 2015 at 8:21 PM

    It's gorgeous.

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    1. MimsieApril 12, 2015 at 6:35 PM

      I agree of course Delores. It gladdens my heart every time I see it.

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  2. Yamini MacLeanApril 11, 2015 at 9:04 PM

    Hari OM
    Couldn't agree more Mimsie - azaleas are among my favourites and this is particularly pretty for sure! YAM xx

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    1. MimsieApril 12, 2015 at 6:36 PM

      Thanks Yam. This one does so many different things in the way of colour. xx

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  3. Elephant's ChildApril 12, 2015 at 4:01 AM

    It is an absolute delight. Perhaps it heard the know-it-all, and was determined to make a liar out of her.

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    1. MimsieApril 12, 2015 at 6:37 PM

      It is that for sure EC and I am sure this plant heard that 'lady' and has proved her ever so wrong.

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  4. PinkPatentMaryJanesApril 12, 2015 at 8:54 AM

    Oh I love this! I adore plants with a selection of colours (especially when they're shades of pink!)

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    1. MimsieApril 12, 2015 at 6:37 PM

      I felt you may like this one. There are so many different shades of your favourite colour on here.

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  5. TezApril 12, 2015 at 10:17 AM

    "(one of those people who you feel thinks they know everything)"

    That is one of the most diplomatic ways of describing a meddling busybody. And, the Azalea is beautiful.

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    1. MimsieApril 12, 2015 at 6:39 PM

      Thanks Tez. One must never be impolite even if one does think the other person is a silly old biddy. : )

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  6. RiverApril 12, 2015 at 1:50 PM

    It's gorgeous! I don't have any luck with azaleas, but that's okay, I can live without them. There are plenty in other gardens that I can admire while walking past. i was once given a "death sentence" cyclamen, I trimmed it and watered it and it sprang back to life, I eventually planted it in a shady garden bed and it lived several more years.

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    1. MimsieApril 12, 2015 at 6:42 PM

      Thanks River. We only have two potted azaleas left now and this one never lets us down year after year. Can't of course grow them in the ground here without heaps of soil preparation because of the limestone and yet we have a large camellia growing right next to the limestone house foundations which has flowered for many years. You never know with plants.
      You did well with the cyclamen as they can be a bit dodgy as can African violets.

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