Catalogwba Rhododendron, PJM Rhododendron, a me kekahi mau mea kanuʻo Azalea
Ua noʻonoʻo pahaʻoe pehea kaʻokoʻa ma waena o azaleas a me nā rhododendron? E hoʻolakoʻia kēiaʻike ma lalo nei i mea e hiki ai iāʻoe ke "loaʻa pono" i ke kūʻaiʻana ma ka hale kanu. Akā, e hoʻomaka kākou ma ke kūkāʻana i kekahi mauʻano nui o kēia mau ulu ulu nani; e hoʻopau mākou me kaʻike e pili ana i ka uluʻana.
ʻOʻelua mauʻano likeʻole o Rhododendron
ʻO ka Catawba rhododendronʻano ( Rhododendron catawbiense ) he laulā ,ʻo ka ulu o ka ululāʻau heʻeleʻele uliuli, heʻili i kaʻili, a me nā pua puna e nui no ka hoʻokipaʻana i nā hummingbirds .
He mea maʻalahi ke kanuʻana i kēia ulu lāʻau i ke kalaika, akā makemakeʻia kahi lepoʻaʻala a makemake i kahi wahi i kahi. Hiki i ke keʻokeʻo ke keʻokeʻo, ka pua lavender a iʻole kaʻulaʻula e hummingbirds aloha.
Hiki i nā Catawba rhododendron ke piʻi i kahi kiʻekiʻe o 6-8 kapuaʻi, me ka hohola he 4-6 mau kapuaʻi. Hōʻaikaʻiʻia nā hōʻike i ka wā e hui pūʻia nā lāʻau rhododendron. ʻO kēia nā lāʻauʻawaʻawa , no lailaʻaʻole eʻae i nā keiki eʻai i nā mea kanu ma kāu azaleas a rhododendron. Hoʻonohonohoʻia no nā wahi kanu kanu USDA 4-8, he poʻe maoli lākou i kaʻaoʻao hema o ka poʻe Appalakia ("Virginia ma Georgia," e like me ka'ōlelo o ka Moku'āina NC). ʻO ka poʻe England hou eʻimi nei i kahi'ōiwi maoli i ko lākou'āina e makemake nō lākou iā Rhododendron canadense , ka mea i kapaʻia "Rhodora azalea."
ʻO PJM rhododendron ( Rhododendron x 'PJM') kekahi o nā mea paʻakikī loa i nā rhododendron, ma keʻano o ka paʻaʻanaʻaʻole wale i ke anu akāʻo ka mahana a me ka lā.
ʻO ia kekahi o nā mea nui loa. Nui a me nā pua keʻokeʻo o ka PJM. Ma muli o ka puaʻana o ke pua, hiki i ka hulu ke hoʻopilikiaʻia i kekahi manawa. ʻO nā lau o kēia ululāʻau ua mau loa. ʻO ka'ōmaʻomaʻo o kona mau lā maloʻo, he mea ia i ka momona ma ka hoʻoilo,ʻo ia ka meaʻoi aku no ka poʻe eʻimi ana i ka makahiki āpau ma ka'āina .
Heʻuʻuku nā pua o PJM rhododendrons ma mua o Catawba rhododendron. ʻO ka nui o ka nui o ka PJM rhododendron he mea liʻiliʻi ia, ma kahi o 4 kapuaʻi a 4 mau kapuaʻi i ke kūlana. E ulu i nā wahi 4-8. ʻO PJM (ʻo ia nā hua mua o kekahi o nā hoa hana'ōpiopio,ʻo Peter J. Mezitt) he koho maikaʻi loa ia no nā kahua kanu a me nā kīhāpai nui .
ʻO'Azelana me ka Ula,'Oma, a me ke Kino
ʻO ka Stewartstonian azalea ( Rhododendron x Gable 'Stewartstonian') heʻulaʻula. He ulu kūpono kēlā no ka uluʻana i nā wahi 5-8. ʻO kona nui heʻelima mau kapuaʻi me 5 kapuaʻi. Kūponoʻo ia i ka pale a me ka likeʻole o nā azaleas a me nā rhododendron, i loko o ka lepoʻeleʻele a maikaʻi. E noi i kahi mulch mulū e pale i kona mau aʻa pāpaʻu mai ka wai a me ka hopena o ka mahana wela o ka lepo.
Kūkuluʻia e Joseph Gable o Stewartstown, Pennsylvania,ʻaʻole hiki i nā kānaka ke noʻonoʻo i kaʻeneʻana o kona inoa. Eʻikeʻoe i ka mea i heluʻia ma lalo o "Stewartstonian" a me "Stewartsonian." ʻO kēia kekahi lāʻau'ē aʻe e ulu mai ana nā lau'ōmaʻomaʻo i ka momona ma ka hoʻoilo,ʻo ia ka mea i koho maikaʻiʻia no ka hoʻolālāʻelima o ka pā. He mea maikaʻi'ē aʻe nō hoʻi no nā kumukūʻai kumuhana no ka mea he mau mea kanu likeʻole.
ʻIke likeʻo Stewartstonian azaleas a me nā'ōlaniʻelua iʻikeʻia ma luna nei,ʻo nā lālāʻelua e hiki mai ana o azaleas he mau lāʻau liʻiliʻi:
Hoʻopukaʻo Gibraltar i nā pua pua nani i kaʻalaniʻala. Hiki iā ia ke ulu iʻeono kapuaʻi ka lōʻihi, a ua pālahalaha iki ma mua o kēlā. ʻO nā Gibraltar ( Rhododendron 'Gibraltar') aʻo Golden Oriole ( Rhododendron 'Golden Oriole') makemake e ulu:
- I ka lā o ka lā.
- I loko o kahi lepoʻeleʻele a maikaʻi.
- Ma nā wahi 5-8.
Hiki i ka Golden Oriole ke loaʻa ke kiʻekiʻe o 6 kapuaʻi a he laulā o 4-6 mau kapuaʻi. He alani kona pua, akā, i ka wā e wehe ai lākou, e hōʻike i ke kukui'ōniʻoniʻo.
Nā Rhododendron vs. Azaleas
I kēia manawa, eʻimi i kaʻokoʻa ma waena o azaleas a me rhododendron. ʻO kaʻokoʻa ka minuke, akā,ʻo ia ka mea i hoʻopilikia i kekahi o nā kānaka nunui i ke kahua o ka mea kanu.
Hiki paha iāʻoe ke hoʻopilikia iāʻoe ināʻoʻoe keʻano pilikino no ka mea hiki ke hoʻololi i ka hua'ōlelo.
A ma muli o kaʻikeʻana i kēia hua'ōlelo i ke kūʻaiʻana aku i nā mea kanu lāʻau, he mea kōkua ia e hoʻopauʻia ka huikau ma mua o kou kūʻaiʻana i lāʻau.
Ua maopopo ka hilahila i ka uluʻana o nā kumulāʻau azalea a me nā rhododendron. ʻO nā azaleas a pauʻo Rhododendrons (e nānā i ke kalauna R), akā,ʻaʻole nā Rhododendron he azaleas. Ua pilikia wale paha? ʻOʻoe, he pilikino maikaʻiʻoe,ʻoihana e komo pū ana me ka scientist kaulanaʻo Linnaeus . ʻO Linnaeus ke kanaka nāna mākou i hāʻawi i ka'enepekema e hoʻohana i nā mea kanu e hoʻohana mau nei mākou a hiki i kēia lā.
Ma keʻano o ka ho'ākāka hopeʻana o nā inoaʻepekema me nā inoa maʻamau, hoʻomanaʻo e nānā i ka hoʻohanaʻana o "Rhododendron" aiʻole "rhododendron". Hoʻohana kekahi i ke kaona R i ka nānāʻana i keʻano o ke kumulāʻau a me ka lalo haʻahaʻa e pili i kahi hapalua o iaʻano.
ʻO ka genus,ʻo Rhododendron aia i loko o kaʻohana heath,ʻo ia hoʻi ka inoa o kona mau inoa, nā heathers a me nā heaths, me nā blueberries, nā kiliana, a me nā laurels mauna . ʻO ka hapa nui o nā lālā o kaʻohana heath e pono kahi lepoʻeleʻele e ulu ai. Ke loaʻa iāʻoe kahi lepo'akikawa ma kou pālahalaha,ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi o ka uluʻana i nā mea kanu'eleʻalo ma mua o ka ho'āʻo e hoʻololi i ka pH o kou lepo.
Hoʻopilikia i ka hōʻehaʻana i Linnaeus
Ua hoʻopaʻaʻiaʻo Linnaeus i ka genus,ʻo Rhododendron i 1753. Ua hoʻohanaʻia ka pūnaehana inoa inoaʻo Linnaeus i "Azalea" ma keʻano he likeʻole. Akā, ua hōʻike kokeʻia e nā meaʻepekema'ē aʻe e'ōleloʻia nā kumulāʻau azalea he hapa o ka Rhododendron keʻano, ma muaʻole o keʻano o nāʻano maʻamau.
I ka makahiki 1834, ua hoʻoponopono houʻo George Don iā Linnaeus ma kēia wahi. Ua wāwahiʻo ia i ke kino,ʻo Rhododendron i lalo i nā lālaniʻewalu, i uluʻia i nāʻanoʻano he nui. Hoʻolālāʻia ka azaleas iʻelua o kēia mau māhele (nā lāʻau a me nā'āpana o ka'āpana azalea).
No laila, inā heluheluʻoe i ka inoa scientific o kahi azalea (ma kahi hōʻailona ulu ma ka nursery, e like paha), eʻikeʻoe i ka hua'ōlelo,ʻo Rhododendron . ʻO ia ke kumu o nā kumulāʻau azalea o ka genus, Rhododendron , aʻo ka hua'ōlelo "azalea" ua lilo i kēia inoa inoa o ka nahele.
Akā, aia kekahi mau lālā o kēiaʻano e like me nā "rhododendron" pololei wale nō (e nānā i keʻano haʻahaʻa "r"). Ma nā makahiki i hala iho nei, ua hoʻohanaʻia ka "rhododendron" e nā mea kanu e like me ka inoa maʻamau no kēlā mau mea kanu i ka genus,ʻo Rhododendron e nui nui, ili, a me nā lau (e like me ke Catawba a me ka PJM i'ōleloʻia). ʻO nā lau ma nā mea kanuʻo azalea uaʻano liʻiliʻi, ma ka hoʻohālikelikeʻana. I loko o nā rhododendron, ua hoʻohanaʻia lākou i nā hoʻohālikelike o nā lālā e hoʻokaʻawale hou aku:ʻo ia, ma waena o nāʻano nui a me nāʻano liʻiliʻi.
No laila, pehea lā e hiki ai iāʻoe ke hoʻomaopopo i ka azalea, ma keʻano heʻokoʻa mai kahi'ōpala? Ma ka maʻamau (akā, aia kekahi mau hoʻokoe), he mau kumu lāʻau kalaika ma mua o nā mea kanuʻo azalea, a he nui nā lālā. Eia kekahi, ma keʻano maʻamau, heʻelima mau momona o nā azalea,ʻoiai he mau'oniuma heʻumi ka pua o ka rhododendron. ʻO nā "māmā" o ka pua,ʻo ia mau mea kikokikona i'ōwiliʻia (he mau pua pua wahine ia a me ka momona). ʻO ka hopena,ʻaʻole e like me nā'ōpala, ka nui o nā kumulāʻau azalea .
Kahi
ʻO ka kanuʻana i nā azaleas a me nā rhododendrons i kahi wahi i hoʻonuanuʻia e ka liʻiliʻi o ka malu, kahi e maloʻo ai ka lepo a hoʻoulu maikaʻiʻia, he kapuaʻi ma ke ala pololei i kā lākou mālama ponoʻana. Me kaʻikeʻia he mau lāʻau ulu e ulu ana ma ka malu (i ka malu o ka malu, iʻoi aku),ʻo kekahi mauʻano likeʻole eʻae (e makemake paha) i ka lā piha inā hāʻawiʻia ka wai. Eia kekahi laʻana, ma nā āpana 5 a me 6, hiki iāʻoe ke ulu i kahiʻano Stewartstonian ma kahi kahi e loaʻa ai ka lā i ka kakahiaka a me ke awakea, me kahi malu iki ma ke awakea awakea, no ka nui o ka wai.
Pono ka pH i ka 5.5; E ho'āʻo muaʻia kāu'āina kanu ma mua o ke kanuʻana i nā azaleas a me nā rhododendron. Hiki ke hoʻoponoponoʻia kahi lepo ākea ma luna o ka hoʻokomoʻana i nā mea kanu lāʻau i heluʻia no ka "mau mea kanu" -a aloha. Hiki i kēia mau mea kanu momona ka NHM-N, ka mea e emi ai ka lepo pH .
Nā Huawai Neʻe
Pono pono kēia mau mea kanu i ka waiwai maikaʻi. Inā nele kou'āina i ka wai maikaʻi, ho'āʻo i ke kanuʻana i nā azaleas a me nā rhododendron i nā moena hoʻokiʻekiʻe i hānaiʻia. Hoʻololi i ka lepo me nā mea'alapalapa, a hoʻopiha paha i nā waipū wai. ʻO ka manawa kanu kanu i hāpaiʻia i ka wā i hāʻule ai i ka'ōleʻele a i ka hoʻomakaʻana o ke kauwela. I kēlā me kēia hihia, maikaʻi ka wai ma hope o ke kanuʻana i nā azaleas a me nā rhododendron. Mai hoʻokomo i ka mea kaukau i ka manawa kanu; ʻO nā lālā hou aʻaʻole i makaukau nā aʻa i ka mālamaʻana i ka paʻakai paʻakai nui o ka mea momona, a hiki ke puhiʻia.
Hoʻopukaʻo Red Oak
No ka meaʻo nā azaleas a me nā rhododendron e makemake i kahi malu, ponoʻoe e koho i kahi ulu maikaʻi e ulu ai kokoke iā lākou. E hana ana kekahi mau pale pale? No.ʻAʻoleʻo Azalea a me Rhododendron e kanu like me ka lepo'aleʻa a he mau aʻa pāpapa. ʻO kahi lāʻau pale e pili pū ana me lākou,ʻaʻole ia e hoʻomanaʻo i ka lepo'aleʻa aʻaʻole e loaʻa nā aʻa pāpaʻu. No ka mea inā he'alulu ke kumu o ka malu, e like me ka azaleas a me ka rhododendron, he mea hoʻokūkū me kāu mau mea kanu.
Hōʻikeʻo Henning's Rhododendron a me Azalea i nā kumu lāʻau pale me nā azaleas a me nā rhododendron i waena o lākouʻo iaʻo kaʻoloʻulaʻula ( Quercus rubra ). ʻO ka'olaʻulaʻula he mea hoʻokūʻai wikiwiki, a hiki i ke kiʻekiʻe o 60-75 kapuaʻi, me ka pāholaʻana he 40-50 kapuaʻi. ʻO ka'eleʻulaʻulaʻula o kona lau lālā, ua lilo ia i mea kanu maikaʻi i nā lālā lau nahele no nā'āpana 4-8. Eia kekahi,ʻo ka'olaʻeleʻele kekahi o nā kumu lāʻau palekana , he mea nui i ka nohoʻana o ke kūlanakauhale a me nā'āina ākea.
Ma hope o ka loaʻaʻana o ka manawa o nā azaleas a me nā lāʻau rhododendron e noho ai ma kahi āu i kanu ai iā lākou,ʻo ka hana i maʻa i ka hanaʻana i kēia mau mea kanu. Akā naʻe, e noʻonoʻoʻoe iʻole e hoʻonele. Mai kākauʻoe i ka manaʻo e'ōlelo nei, "Inā he maikaʻi kekahi mau mea hoʻomalolei, pono eʻoi aku ka maikaʻi." Aia kekahi mau mea maʻamau maʻamau e hoʻohana ai ma nā azalea a me nā lāʻau rhododendron bushes, hui pūʻia e hiki ke kūʻaiʻia ma nā nurseries a me nā kaula uila nui. E hahai i nā kuhikuhi ma ka inoa o ka meaʻai, koe wale no paha no hoʻokahi kumu:ʻo ka nui o ka mea hoʻohui e hoʻohana. E oki i ka hapalua . Heʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka mālamaʻana i ke kālaiʻana i ka meaʻai i mea eʻole aiʻoe e puhi i kāu mau mea kanu.
ʻO kahi manawa kūpono e hoʻomaʻamaʻa ai i nā azaleas a me nā rhododendron ke kūpono ma hope o ka pauʻana o ka pua.
ʻO Mulch
ʻO ka holoʻana he māhele nui ia o ka mālama kūpono no nā lāʻau a me nā rhododendrons. ʻO nā aʻa o kēia mau mea kanu pālūlū e pono ai ka palekana e hāʻawiʻia e ka mulch e kū'ē i nā wela o ka mahana a me ke anu, a me ka hoʻomaloʻoʻana. E hoʻomanaʻo,ʻo kaʻoiaʻiʻo o kēia mau mea kanu e like me kahi lepo maloʻo,ʻaʻole lākou makemake e maloʻo. ʻAʻoleʻo Azaleas a me nā rhododendron he mau mea ulu lāʻau hihiu; makemake lākou i ka wai. ʻAʻole lākou makemake e noho i loko no ka lōʻihi o ka manawa,ʻo ia ka mea e ulu ai ko lākou aʻa.
ʻO nā kukuna maikaʻi loa no nā azaleas a me nā rhododendron, i ka manawa i manaʻoʻia he mauʻonika waika, e like me ka'ōpala wili (ʻoiai e hakakā nei kekahi mau mea akamai i ka manaʻo o nā'āleina pine e hoʻolilo i ka lepo i mea waikawa ).
ʻO ke kīkēʻana
ʻO Prune azaleas a me nā rhododendron koke koke ma hope o ka pauʻana o ka'ōpuʻu (pinepine i ka mahinaʻo June i ka mahele 5). ʻO ka hoʻokipaʻana i nā lāʻau ulu ma hope aku o kēlā mau hopena e pale i ka uluʻana o nā'ōpena o ka makahiki aʻe. E hoʻomaka i kaʻokiʻana i nā lālā i make a iʻole nā lālā iʻehaʻia, aʻo ia ka mea e hiki ai ke hōʻeha i nā maʻi a me nā pilikia no nā'ōpala ma ka mua. A laila e paipai i nā lālā lōʻihi, e kaʻi mai ana ma luna o ka ululāʻau. ʻO kēia ka mea e hoʻonui ai i kahiʻano hoʻonanea aʻano like.
ʻO kahi kūpono kūpono no ke kālaiʻana i nā azaleas a me nā rhododendron, me nā kōkua mālama'ē aʻe i hāʻawiʻia ma luna nei, e kōkua i kēia mau lālā ulu e hoʻolako i kāu'āina me nā pale ulu maka a me nā mea kanu kiʻi no nā makahiki e hiki mai ana.