Am I the only one who hates azaleas?

[Anonymous]

We drove past our soon to be new house and saw that the entire front yard is various bushes of different colored azaleas. I hate them. My husband loves them. Am I only an island here?

[Anonymous]

Just you.

[Anonymous]

What do you hate about them? I think they look kind of scraggly and ugly after their flowers are done blooming, but boy, are they gorgeous for that week or two in spring when they bloom!

[Anonymous]

Yes

[Anonymous]

Worlds smallest violin.

[Anonymous]

We have them and I have gotten more as they are one of the few things that grow well. We tried to kill our really big ones and cut them down to a stub and they grew back fuller and better than ever.

[Anonymous]

They are ugly when not in bloom.

[Anonymous]

Yes just you

[Anonymous]

Nope. Not just you, unless you're me. Too brazen color, and there's always one section or plant that's a bit off in color and everything looks like crap.

[Anonymous]

My best friend hates them because she wants to be original at everything she does, and azaleas are too common, you know.

I love flowers of any description.

[Anonymous]

Not alone. I despise them. When not in bloom, they are a shapeless, ugly mess. We ripped out a bunch of them when we bought our house.

[Anonymous]

I don't like them either.

[Anonymous]

Oh I love them. Love DC in spring, and I see azalea season as its final wave (first forsythia, then cherry blossoms, then dogwoods, and lastly the florid azaleas)- soon enough they will be gone and the humid slog of summer will be upon us. They may be common, but I can't imagine hating them.

[Anonymous]

Dislike. When not in bloom the leaves are so small you have to be standing over the plant to see them. They become huge shapeless monsters if left untrimmed, which most people do.

[Anonymous]

Love them.