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| Author: | suhlEap [ 22 Oct 2011, 21:00 ] |
| Post subject: | Satsuki Azalea winter care |
I really don't know what to do with my satsuki over the winter. I have no greenhouse, which seems to be thesuggested thing on a lot of websites. What do you ladies and gents on the forum do with them over the winter? I was contemplating burying the pot in a flowerbed with a few other trees but I'm not sure this will be adequate. |
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| Author: | Tommybest [ 27 Oct 2011, 18:20 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Satsuki Azalea winter care |
I put my azalea,,not satsuki,, into a bed in its pot. A couple of my books say they should be protected from frost so a fleece covering when the frosts come may help. |
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| Author: | littleoak [ 27 Oct 2011, 18:28 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Satsuki Azalea winter care |
My azalea croacked it during last winter unfortunately. it was placed on a display stand which was a bad idea. Having done some reading and getting advice, the best place to put them is on the the ground in a larger pot with some organic matter like straw or manure around. Or a glasshouse! I have another saksuki which is gonna get star treatment because it has put a lot of growth on this year. |
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| Author: | trevor [ 27 Oct 2011, 19:13 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Satsuki Azalea winter care |
I keep reading different reports some say protection is needed and one guy said his froze solid last year but came round in the growing season just the same! I have a satsuki and a azalea and can't make my mind up and I have a greenhouse at that ! |
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| Author: | Harunobu [ 28 Oct 2011, 01:19 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Satsuki Azalea winter care |
Many azalea cultivar are not winter hardy in colder climates. When the first azalea came to the Netherlands, Germany and Belgium, some were hardy while others were not. Azalea cultivar you buy at normal nurseries are descendents of the Japanese cultivar that proved to be most hardy. There is no satsuki blood in them. If they have satsuki blood they are American cultivar. Evergreen azalea love mild winters. It has been a challenge to make them winter hardy in colder areas. But we are talking about temperatures below -12 C. Azalea are meant to freeze solid in winter. That's fine once they have gone in dormancy. The biggest danger for azalea is drying out in sharp winter wind. In the Japanese and Chinese mountains, evergreen azalea survive by being covered with snow early in the winter. Satsuki are said to be temperamental in the NW European climate. A big reason may be the short cool winters combined with very early or late frost. If there is a winter with a gradual decrease in temperatures then in the middle of winter a night with a max low of -12 is probably fine for most satsuki. When it gets colder it depends on the cultivar. Most of the European cultivar can take -22 to -26 according to the nursery industry. Some satsuki may be able to do the same. But many will not survive these temperatures. Many of the European cultivar do fine in the colder parts of Poland and Czech republic, etc. Then there's belgian indica azaleas. They can take very little frost. I don't know how much they can take. They can probably freeze, but they will be weaker than satsuki. If you have a prized satsuki azalea, you should be careful when it gets really cold like it did last year. With those winters, there's definitely a risk. There's a reason why there aren't Japanese satsuki cultivar in the nursery trade. They will at some point experience a winter that will kill them. |
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| Author: | Lee108 [ 28 Oct 2011, 11:06 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Satsuki Azalea winter care |
Hi I have (too) many Satsuki and allow all of them to experience the first couple of early frosts just to cold set the buds. For most of the time the larger trees are fine when kept it a large 'walk in' type plastic greenhouse - like the ones from B&Q, but last winter my most valued trees were kept in an unheated conservatory. In the past, I've kept them in my garage but for only around 5 days then they have to be brought into the light. On the few milder days that we had, all were placed outside to get some fresh air and a good spray of fungicide - one problem I found is that certain cultivars tend to suffer from mould/ mildew when kept close together with little or no air movement for a while. That is not to say I didn't get caught out a couple of times and forgot to place the odd one or two back in the conservatory so by the next day they were frozen solid! I find that it's not so much the freezing, it's the length of time they're frozen and as long as they're not frozen for days on end, then they'll should be ok. I say 'should' as I have one cultivar that is notoriously bad for splitting when exposed to frost! Apart from a few whips that i'm training I didn't lose a single satsuki. I think that if you have something you value, then it's worth taking the time/ trouble to give it some extra protection. Regards Lee. |
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