This Azalea is nearly 30 years old and has survived many small feet venturing behind the cottages for a closer look.

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This is the only Azalea in the garden that is pruned this way, we have many others that are left to their own devices.

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As a late flowering variety it flowers between our Spring bedding and Summer bedding plants providing good interest.

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Fred’s tip – "I clear off most of the dead heads after flowering, allowing light back into the foliage.  The blossom is that dense I prune in late July and again in August so as not to stress it too much."