This is an encore column by Robert Stiffler. The following questions originally were published in 1990. Q. How do you root azaleas? I have a problem. During their second year, large pieces out of many ...

Question: My neighbor has some unique azaleas. The blooms are multicolored, and I’d love to have some like them. The problem is, we don’t know what variety they are so we don’t know what to ask for at ...

When considering how to prune azaleas, take into account that such pruning isn’t actually a necessity unless your bushes have outgrown their allotted space. You can prevent that by planting azaleas ...

Q: My neighbor has a beautiful pink crape myrtle. She has given me permission to take cuttings; yet, nothing so far has been successful. How do you propagate crape myrtles? A: You can root cuttings of ...

Question: I'm having trouble with azaleas. I plant them and they last awhile, then start drying up. I've planted correctly, but when I take the dead plant out of the ground, the roots look just the ...

Arnoldia is the quarterly magazine of the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University. It contains articles on a wide range of topics including plant science, horticulture, ecology and conservation, plant ...

Q: I have five azalea bushes next to my house that are dying. They have been losing whole limbs over time, and now most all the plants are dead. The leaves are a bit yellow, but I don’t see any ...

Washingtonians can be a compliant lot. You can move our football team to the suburbs, soak it to downtown parking meter users and turn Capitol Hill into an ultra-secure, Baghdad-style green zone. Just ...