The bottom left frame is a picture of one of our Azalea bushes in bloom. Unfortunately, our Azalea reached the end of their normal life-span and had to be replaced. Azaleas are a type of rhododendron with funnel-shaped corollas and usually deciduous leaves, including hybrid forms cultivated as ornamentals. Our Azalea were Glacier Azalea, which are a showy evergreen shrub with white blooms and a faint green tone covering the plant in spring. Azalea are excellent under shade trees or anywhere they will receive filtered sunlight. For for information on the care of Azalea, see the University of Illinois Extension office.

We chose to replace our Azalea with common boxwoods and Heavenly Bamboo (bottom right above).

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