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Azalea Garden Dig Volunteers - Sydney

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Gday,
I've been offered 2 Azaleas from a garden in Sydney (somewhere just across the river from 5 Dock) and I'm wondering if any kind souls out there would like to dig them, chop them down to manageable size (presently they are 2m high X 2.5m wide) and post them down to me.

I've been looking for azaleas like this for a long time. Apparently Azaleas are very shallow rooted and easy to dig.

If there's anyone out there, don't hesitate to PM me.

Thanks
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Re: Azalea Garden Dig Volunteers - Sydney

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Webos wrote:Gday,
I've been offered 2 Azaleas from a garden in Sydney (somewhere just across the river from 5 Dock) and I'm wondering if any kind souls out there would like to dig them, chop them down to manageable size (presently they are 2m high X 2.5m wide) and post them down to me.

I've been looking for azaleas like this for a long time. Apparently Azaleas are very shallow rooted and easy to dig.

If there's anyone out there, don't hesitate to PM me.

Thanks
they will cost a pretty penny to post to Geelong, Even tho thye are shallow rooted, you are much better to get as big as you can root mass and just the stumps of a shrub that size will be quite large and heavy. Better would be to find someone heading down in a car, Maybe the digger can pot up for you and care for them till they can get someone to run them down to you.

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I did one about that size it was easy to dig out but it took two men to lift onto 6x4 trailer.
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Re: Azalea Garden Dig Volunteers - Sydney

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Thanks for the replies Ken and Damo,
Now that sounds more sensible, anyone out there keen to dig them and hang onto them until next time I'm in Sydney?
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