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Azalea

Danielm2323Danielm2323 Posts: 65
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Hi, does anyone know how to revive our azalea, it’s got damaged by the frost over winter just gone, and hasn’t grown back, any ideas? 

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  • bédébédé Posts: 3,095
    edited April 2023
    What type of azalea?  Evergreen Japanese, or deciduous.  Evergreen are not all very hardy.  Deciduous, it might still be a bit too early.  

    Wait and watch is possibly the best advice for both.
     location: Surrey Hills, England, ex-woodland acidic sand.
    "Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
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  • erikamills18erikamills18 Posts: 1
    Severely damaged plants may die back completely to the ground. Azalea roots are fairly shallow, and plants may not recover if roots were exposed to prolonged periods of cold. If you are replacing cold-damaged plants in the garden, consider a hardier variety of Encore Azalea. Many varieties are hardy to USDA Zone 6, where average minimum winter temperatures dip to -10 degrees Fahrenheit. These include both dwarf and intermediate-sized plants in all hues.
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  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Hi @Danielm2323 - where are you located?
    It's unusual here for those azaleas to struggle, even further north than I am, but if you're in an area that had severe drought last year, it will have been struggling before the wet/freeze cycle in December. Too dry is far worse for them than frosts. They can easily cope with minus 10 and beyond if the site's right. If you're in the west, they grow very easily, even in much colder winters than we've had. 
    It could also be animal urine. Do you get anything coming into the garden? Cats can kill things easily by marking territory. We have a persistent offender here, and I've had damage on several shrubs/hedging because of it. 
    Any extra info you can add will help  :)
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    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • bédébédé Posts: 3,095
    Is they  hose-in-hose flowers?  Possibly the Japanese azalea "Kirin".  It's not especially hardy.

    The type of damage doesnt look like frost.  Something has killed some branches from low down.  

    I would suggest that you prune out the dead branches and wait for new growth to fill in the gap.  You could put some string around it and pull it together.
     location: Surrey Hills, England, ex-woodland acidic sand.
    "Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
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