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Cultural I nformation on 
Azaleas 
Azaleas of any variety are easily grown if you follow a few 
simple suggestions: 
Soil with an acid reaction is most favorable. Add a sufficient 
amount of leaf mold or peat moss. 
Poison is produced from a lime or alkaline soil. Previous 
to planting in such soil, remove the original soil and add plenty 
of leaf mold or peat moss mixed with soil which should contain 
no alkali. 
Sufficient water is necessary to keep the roots moist, but 
do not let them stand in surplus water. Draining will be 
necessary. 
Avoid dense shade—better results are obtained from 
Azaleas growing in partial shade. A lath-house is satisfactory. 
You will find that Azaleas do not require a great deal of 
commercial fertilizer if plenty of leaf mold or peat moss has 
been applied. A light fertilizer, as cottonseed meal, is a 
favorable process. 
In some instances red spider and thrips injure the plants; 
spraying with sulphur will eliminate this trouble. 
Azaleas can be moved at any time during the year, but we 
recommend that they be moved before they come into bloom, 
that is, September through February. In doing this you will 
have the benefit of the flowers the first year. Also, the plants 
will have become established in the ground before summer 
heat. 
Indica Azaleas 
This species of Azalea is a rapid-growing plant 
with masses of large, beautiful flowers. They are 
especially adapted to landscape planting and may be 
used for landscaping and gardening all along the 
Gulf Coast and as far up the Atlantic seaboard as 
North Carolina. Around Mobile and Charleston, as 
well as in other sections, specimens can be found 
that are from seventy to one hundred years old and 
have a spread of from 20 to 30 feet across. These old 
plants have attained these sizes apparently without 
any special care of any kind, proving that they are 
easy to grow and perfectly at home in this section. 
In Mobile, Azalea Indica is the pride of the city. 
No pruning is required after they are well established 
in their surroundings. It is one plant that will be 
very complimentary to your nursery and it will be 
an advertisement in itself. 
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