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Article: GARDENING; Colorful azaleas perk up landscape.(HOME & GARDEN)
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
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- April 25, 2002
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Byline: Deborah Brown
If you're looking for a way to punch up your spring landscape by adding some eye-catching color, consider planting hardy Minnesota azaleas. These shrubs were developed by University of Minnesota plant breeders at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum to take the worst Minnesota has to offer, and they do! The plants are hardy down to 40 degrees below zero; their flower buds can withstand temperatures as low as minus 30 or 35.
The first Minnesota-developed azaleas, called `Northern Lights,' were grown from seeds. They are lovely and sweetly perfumed, but because of the genetic variability in seeds, their blossom color ranges from pale ...