{"id":1133,"date":"2011-05-04T12:00:31","date_gmt":"2011-05-04T16:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/?p=1133"},"modified":"2011-05-02T14:46:42","modified_gmt":"2011-05-02T18:46:42","slug":"%e2%80%9cmary-mary-how-you-do-grow-in-my-garden%e2%80%9d","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/2011\/05\/04\/%e2%80%9cmary-mary-how-you-do-grow-in-my-garden%e2%80%9d\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cMary, Mary, How You Do Grow in My Garden\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1153\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/DSC_0331.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1153\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1153\" title=\"DSC_0331\" src=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/DSC_0331-300x201.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/DSC_0331-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/DSC_0331-1024x687.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1153\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#39;My Mary&#39; deciduous azalea<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u2018My Mary\u2019 is a hybrid deciduous azalea (<em>R.<\/em> \u2018Nacoochee\u2019 x <em>R. austrinum<\/em>) ending its flowering cycle in my spring garden. \u2018My Mary\u2019 has been a steady performer, averaging 4-5 feet in height in 10 years. Its clusters of bright yellow orange tubular flowers measure 2 1\/2\u201d across. Its early morning sweet fragrance is a gentle hint for me to take notice.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018My Mary\u2019 is one of several native deciduous azaleas which thrive in the Southern Appalachian region (USDA zones 6-7). They\u2019re really native rhododendrons and grow best in a well-drained acidic soil richly amended with compost.\u00a0Provide young azaleas weekly irrigation during their first two summers for plants\u00a0to become\u00a0established after two years. Native azaleas are quite heat and drought tolerant after their period of adjustment.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;My Mary&#8217;\u00a0grows best planted in dappled sunlight or high open shade. Protection from strong winds reduces winter bud desiccation. Proper soil drainage avoids potential root rot or \u201cwet feet\u201dproblems. Planting azaleas in raised garden bed benefits.<\/p>\n<p>Azaleas benefit from organic mulches (wood or bark chips, shredded leaves or pine needles) to conserve soil moisture and moderate soil temperatures. Test your soil every 4-5 years to insure an acidic pH lower than 5.8. Acidic fertilizers like Miracle Gro\u2122 and Miracid\u2122 are excellent sources of both major and minor nutrients.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018My Mary\u2019 was introduced by Transplant Nursery in Lavonia, GA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2018My Mary\u2019 is a hybrid deciduous azalea (R. \u2018Nacoochee\u2019 x R. austrinum) ending its flowering cycle in my spring garden. \u2018My Mary\u2019 has been a steady performer, averaging 4-5 feet in height in 10 years. Its clusters of bright yellow orange tubular flowers measure 2 1\/2\u201d across. Its early morning sweet fragrance is a gentle [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[357,711,605,365,665,551,630,646,7,1,113,642],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1133"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1133"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1133\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1155,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1133\/revisions\/1155"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1133"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}