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Photo courtesy ot Long Mountain Nursery ONE EXAMPLE: This azalea flower represents one of about 12,000 different varieties of azaleas that have been propagated.
a commercial-sized plant.
“We have cold frames that we put them in, and I eventually built poly-houses that we put them in during the winter,” Richard Antony said.
The Antonys also produce azalea trees, with interwoven trunks, that stand a couple of feet high.
“Our speciality is that we grow hundreds of varieties of azaleas,” he said.
What azaleas like
The Antonys admitted that azaleas have a somewhat notorious reputation for being finicky about where they will or won’t grow.
They explained that problems generally stem from misunderstandings on the part of the people who buy them. fSee accompanying box with tips on growing azaleas.)
“The key to successfully growing azaleas in this area is getting them into very humus-rich soil,” he said. “They have a very compact root system, so you should dig a very nice, large hole, mix in some organic matter, don’t plant them too deep, and don’t let the trunk get covered with mulch, as the bark will rot.”
Long Mountain Nursery is located at 488 Long Mountain Road, Washington, Va. The phone number is (540)675-3707.
The Web site is www.longmountainnursery.com. and the nursery is open to the public for retail sales from April 16 through May 15, on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and on Sunday from noon to 5 p.rn.
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