Re: I need an all-year flowering garden.

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From: Peter Jason
Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2012 00:31

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On 14 Oct 2012 07:08:44 GMT, John Savage
<rookswood@suburbian.com.au> wrote:

>I can't answer your question, but the Azalea shrub is a very showy
>and prolific flowerer. I know that in Sydney, if you plant a
>selection and chose the varieties wisely you can have an Azalea in
>full bloom almost every month of the year. 
>
>They need pruning back every year or two, and they do look a bit
>drab when flowering is over, with all those dead flowers....

Driving about the town one notices in tended
gardens a mass of flowers at least somewhere in
the garden, usually on bushes.   Clearly, these
are tended gardens.  Camellias are a good example.
I'll have to get samples and find out what they
are.

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