Azaleas are also called European rhododendrons because they are in the same family of rhodoreae as rhododendrons. Rhododendrons are popular flowers in Japan and azaleas are the bleed improvement of rhododendrons in 19 century, Belgium. They have more petals than Japanese rhododendrons have and they have more kinds of shapes and colors as their features.
The name of azaleas comes from the Latin word, “azaleas” meaning dry.
It was named because they grow in dry areas of Caucasas region. Since caltivar’s azaleas bloom during autumn and winter, they make these flowerless seasons brilliant. Azaleas have gorgeous large flowers and various flower colors such as red, pink, and purple.
I’ll introduce you about the flower meanings of azaleas and wonderful ways to decorate them.
Although azaleas bloom from September to April, they are weak in cold weather and they are often grown in sunny rooms inside of houses.
I’ll tell you ideas to look azaleas in a beautiful way. I hope your life is going to be flowery with azaleas in autumn and winter seasons.
With meanings☆7 ways to decorate azaleas beautifully
Use an unglazed pot to decorate
Terracotta flowerpots are good for azaleas. In Europe, they are often planted in terracotta pots.
Due to simple design, terracotta pots make azaleas look more brilliant and are matched with any interior goods.
Azaleas have some flower meanings and one of them is pleasure of love.
Azalea flowers in terracotta pots naturally make me feel brilliant. You can charge bright power like when knowing pleasure of love.
Choose your pot matched with the interior design
It is fun to choose a flower pot as an interior good.
Azaleas are wonderful with other types of pots besides terracotta pots. If your room is modern, you make it sharper by monotone pot.
If you live in a pop and cute room, it is good to use colorful or patterned pots.
Azaleas have a sense of self-reliance as their flower meaning. For people who try to live by themselves or people who challenge their goals, I recommend azaleas to decorate in their rooms.
With matched flowerpots, azaleas cheer you up more.
Take Japanese style into your life
Azaleas are in the same family of rhododendrons, popular flowers in Japan, so they are best matched with Japanese style too. You can add Japanese taste to them with Japanese pottery.
It is good to have them in a Japanese style room or to arrange them with small kales nandinas as a decoration of Japanese Happy New Year.
Red azaleas also have a meaning of temperance and moderate love.
Japanese style arrangements of azaleas are associated to Japanese traditional moderate beauty. Although they are gorgeous flowers, they can become moderate flowers like adult women.
Decorate cut flowers
When I need to cut overgrown branches, I feel little sorry for them.
In that case, I decorate them by my favorite bowls or pots.
It is pretty to decorate one flower by a bud vase and they also become unique accents with modern goods such as ink bottles and flasks.
One of their flower meanings is pleasure of love. Potted flowers are quite often decorated near sunny windows, but cut flowers can be placed everywhere. You can feel pleasure of love many places of your house.
Hang them up as decorations
Azaleas are beautiful to be decorated on walls or hung with wall baskets or hanging baskets.
Gardening shops sell various kinds of wall baskets and hanging baskets. You can choose what is best matched to your room like shabby chic one and luxurious one.
Pink azaleas have delight of youth as their meaning. I recommend to decorate them hung up in your room and it could be a brilliant room associated to brightness of youth.
Decorate azaleas on modern bases
If you use azaleas as interior goods, you should be particular about basements under flowerpots.
If your choice is a terracotta pot, it is good to use the same terracotta pot feet. When you would like to place them taller spaces, I recommend a modern wooden small bench, a high-designed iron flower stand, planter steers like stepladders.
White azaleas have the meaning, happiness of being loved. Let’s decorate white cute azaleas on a lovely flower stand and look them with happy feelings every day.
Plant them together
Gorgeous azalea flowers are beautiful enough by just themselves, but they show another attraction with other flowers and plants.
My recommendation is green plants like ivy. Besides, planting different kinds of azaleas give luxurious feeling.
When you try to plant different flowers together, choose plants and flowers that like the same weather and grounds.
Sufficiency is the flower meaning of white azaleas. Wishing to satisfy your life with happiness, why don’t you try potted flower arrangement of white azaleas?
I explained decoration ways of azaleas. How do you like it?
In flowerless winter, vivid azalea flowers make your room bright.
Because azaleas are eightfold and gorgeous, they are beautiful by themselves, but they become more beautiful by little efforts.
With your favorite flowerpots and goods, you can make your own decoration.
Moreover, azaleas have wonderful meanings.
By looking decorated azaleas, you will be encouraged or relaxed by the flower meanings of azaleas.
Summary
With meanings☆7 ways to decorate azaleas beautifully
Use an unglazed pot to decorate
Choose your pot matched with the interior design
Take Japanese style into your life
Decorate cut flowers
Hang them up as decorations
Decorate azaleas on modern bases
Plant them together