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To: Gauguin who wrote (49864)	5/2/2000 12:12:00 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 71178

We have rhodies, here, it seems. I am not tuned into rhodies, as I was an azalea person in my former life, not that I ever planted more than a couple of azalea bushes. It's very common in middle class neighborhoods to have planted, at some time in the distant past, azaleas along the foundation and let them naturalize, so I am used to houses that have azaleas all along the outer walls, like impenetrable barriers. Thickets. I don't even "see" them, except for a month or two in the spring, when they all bloom, incredible colors, lasting for a month. I like to drive around and look at them. More upscale neighborhoods tend to rely less on foundation azaleas, but they still use a lot of them in the more complex intermixture that is the hallmark of landscaping in upper and upper-middle class neighborhoods. Lower-middle class neighborhoods rely pretty much totally on azaleas, so I like to drive around, say, on Maple Street in Fairfax City, and just enjoy huge masses of bright colors, from ruby red through cerise to fuschia, pink, lavender, and white. All interspersed is what I like. I posted recently that the foundation azaleas at my new house are all white, which is a disappointment that I need to remedy. But I've noticed that using all white azaleas isn't uncommon around certain institutions, the County Adult Detention Center has all white azaleas, and I guess it's peaceful, where red and pink would be too stimulating, too luxurious. It looks austere. No frills for the prisoners. But having just begun my search for foundation plants to interplant with the white azaleas, I've determined that it's late in the year, most of them have already bloomed, but I've started to look at rhodies. I saw some cherry colored ones that looked very very yummy. I'd love planting tips, and variety suggestions, but of course the climate here is very different. We've got the traditional four seasons, snow in winter, rain in spring, hot in summer, dry in autumn, and lots and lots of sunlight.