Leo's "azalea 2020 -2025" contest entry

[Deep Sea Diver]

Hi @Leo in N E Illinois .
If you haven’t had a chance to yet, please to fill out the azalea media (substrate) poll.
My thanks and please disregard this note if you’ve already polled.
Cheers!
DSD sends

 

[Pitoon]

Spring is here and your azalea could be blooming (depending on your location) or starting to leaf out with this season’s flush……it’s time for updates!

I would also like to add at this time we have 3 prizes to award. Many thanks to @Forsoothe! and @Deep Sea Diver for donating. I am also donating a prize as well.

If you are no longer interested in continuing in the Azalea Contest, please let me know so we can close your thread, thanks.

 

[Leo in N E Illinois]

I'm still emptying the well house. We are still in the "danger zone" for potential freezes. I had an "accidental" dry spell in the well house, it will be a week or two before I know if it got too dry.

 

[Leo in N E Illinois]

When your landscape native maples, sugar or red maples, and or landscape Norway maples, Acer platanoides, have leaves that are at least partially unfurled, then danger of freeze is likely passed. Right now my maples are flowering, but have not started unfurling leaves yet.

 

[Pitoon]

When your landscape native maples, sugar or red maples, and or landscape Norway maples, Acer platanoides, have leaves that are at least partially unfurled, then danger of freeze is likely passed. Right now my maples are flowering, but have not started unfurling leaves yet.

Very interesting to note that. All of the maples in my local have already leafed out.

 

[Leo in N E Illinois]

Maryland is definitely a couple weeks ahead of the Chicago - Milwaukee area. Heck the southwest suburbs, like where @sorce is at is at least a week ahead of me. I get long cool spring due to "Lake Effect". East wind off the lake is chilled by the cold water.

 

[sorce]

My localist locals in pots are the last to leaf up right now.
The land maples have a few leaves.

Sorce