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Azalea dead?

nydepot
9 years ago

I transplanted a very old azalea from our cottage to my house last fall. It's only about 3' tall and is shaped much like a Japanese Maple with a single truck and a flattened canopy. It grew this way. It and three other shrubs (this was the smallest) date to pre-1950s.

The leaves fell off as Fall progressed. There are leaf buds but they seem gray and dried. It never leafed out and I assumed it died. But I trimmed one small branch as a test and it was green inside.

I continue to water it. It gets sun but is shaded from the hottest afternoon sun.

I've also applied an azalea/rhodo fertilizer.

Should I wait and see or is it most likely dead? I was hoping even for a shoot to pop out from the root stock but there appears to be no life other than it still being green inside.

Thanks.

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