Is it a rhododendron or an azalea? It can be puzzling because all azaleas are rhododendrons, but not all rhododendrons are azaleas. Both plants are woody, rounded shrubs in the Ericaceae (blueberry) ...

View of the residentially owned Pyron Garden. People are able to walk through this garden during the Azalea an Spring Flower Trail. The Azaleas and other flowers on the trail will in bloom from March ...

Azaleas light up the landscape with a profusion of colors, indicating that spring is here. They come in a wide variety of colors, are not too hard to grow and, if you choose wisely, you'll have ...

In the 20 years since Henry Rehder Sr. died, Wilmington's N.C. Azalea Festival hasn't been quite the same. For well over half a century, Rehder, who passed away in February of 2004 at the age of 92, ...

One tried and true shrub for our local gardens is the azalea: a spring-flowering beauty that can be used in many locations in the landscape. Related to the rhododendron, which is Washington state’s ...

Most Floridians have a nostalgic appreciation for azalea bushes, thinking back on memories of bright colored flowers appearing as the weather warmed with summer right around the corner. Although ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

Matthew and Suzanne Carlsen said many of the plants they saw Friday along Tyler’s Azalea and Spring Flower Trail are new to them. The couple from Carlsbad, New Mexico, said they were visiting Tyler ...

Mid-October and 44 degrees sent me out into the landscape to scout for camellia blossoms, but instead I was mesmerized by the azalea flowers. My front yard is about a half-acre, requiring an adventure ...

For several years, I have been dealing with a common problem that specifically affects camellias called camellia flower blight and caused by the fungus Ciborinia camelliae. In the spring when the ...

Bloom-A-Thon 'Pink Double' azalea. Flowering lasts for 4-6 weeks in spring, and then another 12-16 weeks in summer and fall. It will bloom in shade, with only 2-3 hours of morning sun. Azaleas in ...

Catherine Knox looked around at the smattering of azaleas blooming behind her, on the hill to the left of the 16th green on Saturday at Augusta National Golf Club. “This is going to be it,” said Knox, ...