Azaleas and Camellias
If you want to inject a bit of colour into your shaded garden there are two families that are worth looking at, azaleas and camellias. Camellias come from Southeast Asia and apart from being famous for their production of tea they are a world ... [... more]
Garden Gurus |
Best Azaleas
Azaleas are among the most popular and best flowering shrubs in the world. They grow well in most areas of Australia, from Brisbane to Perth and south and are a feature of many spring gardens. There are thousands of varieties of azaleas most of ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard |
Shade Colour Azaleas
We all love spring colour and when it comes to spring and flowering shrubs it is hard to beat the magnificent show produced by azaleas. In recent years many people have put azaleas into the too-hard basket because they are so often spoilt by ... [... more]
Garden Gurus |
Azalea Lace Bug
There is nothing quite like the colour of an Azalea bush in full bloom. But have you ever noticed that when the show is over, the foliage can take on an unhealthy motley look? That is exactly what has been happening in Tanya's garden in Buderim ... [... more]
Garden Gurus |
Steve Eubanks
Founded in 1933, the Augusta National Golf Club is the perfect course. Co-designed by legends Bobby Jones and Alister MacKenzie, Augusta boasts gorgeous fairways and perfectly manicured greens, set against a breathtaking backdrop of azaleas and ... [... more]
Random House |
Azalea - Rhododendron
Evergreen or semi-deciduous flowering shrubs of the Rhododendron family. There are several species that vary in size from 30cm dwarfs to large 2-3m plants. Hundereds of hybrids and named varieties are available that produce flowers at different ... [... more]
Janine's Garden |
Epping Road Azaleas
Don looked at a fabulous floral display along the side of Epping Road, Lane Cove in Sydney. The display is made up of four hardy varieties of azalea: 'Alba Magna' or 'Alba Magnifica' (large white flowers), 'Alphonse Anderson' (light orchid-pink ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard |
Print fact sheet - Azaleas
In spring, many gardens are filled with azaleas in colours such as pink, white, mauve or red. However, a wider range of colours can be found in some cool climate gardens. Peter Valder explores several different colours. The 'Mollis' azalea was ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard |
Azalea Damage
Have you noticed that your azaleas are looking a bit the worse for wear at the moment? If they have mottled grey/bronze leaves with sticky blobs of excrement on the leaf undersides, they've probably been damaged by either Azalea lace bug or ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard |
Azalea Hedge
About 10 months ago Don reworked an azalea hedge that had grown so tall it was blocking the light and obscuring the view from the house. The pruning was done in late spring, after the main flush of flowers had finished. In order to reshape the ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard |
Azalea Hedge Renovation
Don reworked an azalea hedge that had grown so tall it was blocking the light and obscuring the view from the house. It is very difficult to keep a hedge at exactly the same height. Even when hedges are trimmed regularly, they gradually grow ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard |
Azalea Sports
Burke's Backyard receives letters about confusing flowering plants that have two different coloured flowers on the one bush. For example an azalea may have magenta purple flowers with one branch of whitish flowers with a magenta purple edge. The ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard |
