I’ll take it

@teamarea Thank you. It came this way, so I guess it’s all the previous owners who really thank you 🙂

@m_4 Thank you. It’s pretty far north. And I didn’t know that spanish moss was a bromeliad.

@dlk082244 thank you. We’re in the Ocala Forest.

@leonalia thanks

@gypsyspirit are they native there? They’re native to this area so they ought to grow here without much effort – which is good because we haven’t made much.

@margaret_1   I doubt it but they grow all over the place…take a bit of looking after I think too. I have two smaller azaleas growing here in front garden but they seem spindly anddrab, yet flowered okay in summer.  I don’t think they grow so big over here, that’s all, more of a low bush.

@gypsyspirit well they love shade. That’s why they’re popular here in the forest. Not many plants do. Are yours planted in the shade?

@Margaret   1 no, they are by front fence and not happy. They were there when I moved in here but I will consider moving them…thanks for the info. p

@gypsyspirit I don’t want to lead you wrong. Here’s the gardening site info on azaleas Plant them in dense shade, and they won’t bloom. A good location is where they receive either dappled sunall day or sun in the morning and light shade in the afternoon. Azaleas do well in moist, acid (pH 5.5 or so), well-drained soil with lots of organic matter, such as peat, compost, chopped leaves, or ground bark.

@bambamgotchatwice mine too. We’re going to take cuttings and spread it around

@margaret_1 we have a town just about 30 minutes from here, Muskogee, OK, that has an azalea festival every year… and there is a park here in Tulsa, Woodward Park, that also has a riotous showing of azaleas. It’s getting near time for them to bloom here!