Tee: Azalea's don't bloom long down this way. It seems they will burst into glory and after a week or two we get heavy rain that knocks the blooms off ... but I agree, when they are in full bloom nothing much tops them! I planted them at my old house when we first moved there in 1973, they were small plants but got really huge. We had to transplant the ones across the front of the house to a different location in the yard because they were blocking the windows. I've seen a few in my area in bloom lately and I always know that spring has truly arrived when the Azalea's are in full bloom!