The second frame is a picture of our azalea bushes in bloom. Unfortunately, our azalea bushes reached the end of their normal life-span and had to be replaced. We chose to replace them with boxwoods and Heavenly Bamboo, a variety of the Nandina family. A picture of our new landscaping will be placed on our website as soon as it grows to maturity.

Azaleas are a type of rhododendron with funnel-shaped corollas and usually deciduous leaves, including hybrid forms cultivated as ornamentals. These are 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 bushes, contact the University of Illinois Extension office.

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