Then they just look straggly and unkept for the rest of the year.
So, I am not at all sad about having Rocindo, our yard man, dig them out and put them on the curb for the garbage man. Gee, I didn't realize until just now how many men we have in our lives. The garage door man - not my favorite fellow - he fixed the garage door but-whew-he sure charged a lot to replace a little cylindar thing that drives the doohicky. And the electric man - I like him better - he fixed a few problems caused by the painter/self-proclaimed electrian and put in several new outlets. And the appliance repairman - I like him best - he fixed the ice maker. Without ice in the summer, I get pretty cranky.
What were we talking about? Oh, ya, azaleas. I feel a little naughty for tearing out them out especially when they are so highly honored in many ares of the South and Southeast. In the spring when the azaleas are supposed to be blooming, the garden club in the River Oaks neighborhood of Houston sponsors an annual Azalea Trail when you can tour the homes and gardens of the rich and famous. In an effort to help the tourists see the azaleas during peak of their short blooming time, concerned gardeners and weathermen give daily updates on the azalea blooming status.
Columbus, Mississippi is famous (not only because our family lived there twice - a total of 12 years) but for its Pilgrimage. Again it is all about touring homes and gardens and azaleas. But in Columbus the homes are Antebellum Homes - built before the Civil War. Isn't this a pretty place. It is called Amzi Love and it is a Bed and Breakfast. What a nice place to spend a few relaxing days.
This one built in 1838, Twelve Gables, is famous for being the meeting place of local ladies who met in 1866 to plan a special day to decorate the graves of Confederate War dead in Friendship Cemetery. This ceremony lead to our country's Memorial Day. It is owned by the Dr. and Mrs Ray Gildea, Jr. Trudy Gildea was Gina's 1st violin teacher.
4 comments:
neal and i were just discussing the other day about azaleas. our neighbor's bloomed before there were even any leaves on the plant. i thought it looked silly. but tyler, tx, where neal grew up, has a fancy azalea trail tour every year, too.
anyway, what will you put in instead?
Yep- I just walked into our backyard- and my azalea's now seem as though they never existed! Does your gardner want to come to my house too? LOL!
What are you going to put where the azaleas were?
Beautiful pictures.
We planted an azalea, because it was one of the only plants I had heard of here. I guess Utah soil/climate wasn't the best for it. It was dead within a few weeks!
That is funny and interesting! I do love when they are in bloom, but you are right, they do look scrawny the other 50 weeks of the year.
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