Mid-Atlantic Gardening: FIRST FLOWERS MID MAY 2015, 1 by Gitagal

Gitagal wrote:
SS--I had to chuckle a bit....I have a "YUK bed"--and you have a "Death Bed"...

Do not be afraid of cutting back your Azalea! Do it NOW--right after it has
finished blooming--as it will soon start growing new foliage for next year.

I cut my big Delaware Valley azaleas back every couple of years. I have to!
This one would completely encroach on my small walkway on the E. side
of my house that takes me to the back yard.
This bed is only 2' wide--yet it supports my big peony and my Proteus Clematis..
both a bit droopy with all this rain.
It is also smack against an old Canadian hemlock, on the corner of my house
which I try to keep trimmed.