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June 04, 2007
Great azaleas

Our azaleas were the bright spot of a gray weekend. We have about six of them in a corner of the back yard, under an old apple tree.

I don't know the varieties – they were planted quite a while ago. But over the years they have grown and spread and look good all mingled together.
You can see the Japanese maple to the right and some hosta in front.
Other flowers in the garden include a gorgeous red tree peony behind our blueberries and some bearded iris.

I had just cut some iris for inside when some surprise company showed up. The house looked good.

Coming along are the Siberian iris and the rest of the peonies, with big fat buds about to burst.

Nancy took the picture of the azaleas.

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Tom Atwell has written the Maine Gardener column in the Maine Sunday Telegram since the spring of 2004. He has worked at the Press Herald/Sunday Telegram since 1974, about the same time he started gardening with any seriousness.

He gardens with his wife, Nancy. She not only is the better gardener of the pair, but also knows the botanical names of plants. They have two grown children and three grandchildren.

Tom was born in Skowhegan, grew up in Farmington and graduated from the University of Maine with a BA in journalism. His goal each year is to have continuous compost from his three compost bins, continuous bloom in his low-maintenance garden and more fruits and vegetables on his family table than the garden pests eat in the field.



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