0 a plant or bush with brightly coloured flowers, grown in gardens. Azaleas are a type of rhododendron.
They grow wonderful early lettuce, pot plants and azaleas on that land.
It is the old story of the azalea class of goods.
You can see hydrangeas, myrtle, azaleas and rhododendrons of a kind and a size unequalled.
My noble friend mentioned rhododendrons, azaleas, laburnums, cherries and any ornamental shrubs which do not grow in the wild.
This could be said to be a luxury product, but, again, the general experience is that azalea indica is not grown afresh here.
It even ate a complete azalea the other day down to the stump!
I noticed today that one country—which happens not to be in the soft currency area—is sending us azaleas in pots as one of its major exports.
I think immediately of rhododendrons, azaleas, prunus.
