Azalea 'My Mary'

 


Article by: Alan Summers

Richly Fragrant, Yellow Blooms in April-May

The late George Beasley, well known Azalea breeder, crossed three different native azaleas, resulting in a stunning azalea with extraordinary fragrance, beauty and charm. Beasley could think of no other name as fitting for the new azalea as the name of his late wife - Mary. To honor her, he named this azalea 'My Mary.'

'My Mary' is a deciduous hybrid azalea that will be covered in large ball-shaped trusses of powerfully fragrant soft, yellow blossoms in mid to late-spring. The flowers , Have Year Round Color by Planting for Birds absolutely glow and are enhanced by long protruding stamens. They are truly spectacular!

The fragrance is a combination of sweetness and spice, providing a luscious fragrance after Viburnum carlesii has passed. 'My Mary' will reach about eight feet tall and wide with a mounding shape. It has thick, leathery elliptical-shaped foliage that is insect proof and highly mildew resistant. Plant , The Best Fertilizing Tips For A Green Healthy Lawn at the edge of a woodland, near a patio , Dill: Scandinavia's Most Important Culinary Herb or any place , The Rich History of Wild Roses nearby so that its fragrance can be enjoyed as you pass. Ideal planted in a cluster of three, as an accent, in a foundation planting or at the corner of a house. , Growing Organic! Herbs, Flowers and Fruit Very easy to grow. , Redwood Outdoor Decor: Relax This Season With Furniture You Can Trust

Planting and Care

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  • Grows best in a compost , Adirondack Chairs: An Ole' Time Becon for Rest amended, well-drained soil. , Caring for your Wrought-iron Furniture


  • Prefers a bright spot with partial shade in the afternoon. More sun , Teak Outdoor Furniture - Where Function Meets Beauty tolerant than evergreen azaleas.


  • Keep well-watered until established.


  • Fertilize with Cottonseed Meal and Kelp Meal in early spring , Japanese Gardens - Basic Design Questions That Should Be Addressed and late autumn. , Caring for your Wrought-iron Furniture


  • Hardy in Zones 6-9


  • Click here to view 'My Mary' on the Carroll Gardens , Creating Low Maintenance s website.
    Alan Summers, , How to Read a Seed Catalog president of Carroll Gardens, , Planning the Vegetable Patch Inc., has over 30 years experience in gardening , Tick Removal and landscape , Teak Outdoor Furniture - Where Function Meets Beauty design. He has made Carroll Gardens , The Rich History of Wild Roses one of America's preeminent nurseries, having introduced more than 20 new perennials , Exotic Plants and Flowers for Guys: Trends in Flowers as Elegant as they are Masculine and woody shrubs , Dill: Scandinavia's Most Important Culinary Herb over the years and reintroduced numerous "lost" cultivars back to American gardeners.

    Carroll Gardens , Some Thoughts On Planting Roses publishes a weekly online , How to Grow Apples newsletter written by Alan. It contains valuable gardening , In Garden Design, Less Is More advice and tips , Nepeta Faassenii 'Kit Kat' and answers to customer questions.

    Every Saturday, Alan hosts a call-in gardening , Caring for your Wrought-iron Furniture forum on WCBM radio - 680 AM. For those outside , How to Get Ideas for Designing Your Garden of the WCBM listening area, they can listen to radio show via the internet. , Gardening - Growing Tasty Tomatoes

    Visit http://www.CarrollGardens.com to learn more about Carroll Gardens, , The Rich History of Wild Roses the weekly newsletter and the radio show.

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