lawnmowed azaleas! HELP!
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		by iLUVhibiscus on August 26, 2005 11:00 PM	
	![[dunno]](im/graemlins/dunno.gif) this past week i lost 5 baby azalea bushes to the lawnmower when my boyfriend cut the grass.  I cried and threw a fit but it didnt change anything (HAHAHA) so i am turning to you guys to see if there is any hope of brining them back.  there are only little stubs left with no leaves (poor things). is there anything I can do?
  this past week i lost 5 baby azalea bushes to the lawnmower when my boyfriend cut the grass.  I cried and threw a fit but it didnt change anything (HAHAHA) so i am turning to you guys to see if there is any hope of brining them back.  there are only little stubs left with no leaves (poor things). is there anything I can do?
	
		by Jiffymouse on August 28, 2005 12:37 AM	
	
		
they may well come back (i've pruned my pretty hard (like down to the ground) and they have come back before), but they won't bloom next year.  it'll take a second year for them to bloom.  azaleas bloom on the previous years growth, that is why you prune them right after they flower.  put some bricks or a fence of some sort to keep the mower away next time.
	
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