SaferBrand 94AH Azalea & Holly Restore Fertilizer, Yellow

My Azaleas look beautiful. They are nice and green. I bought another fertilizer last year and it didn't help at all. My five Azalea bushes match in color and are thriving.

I thought I would give this a try as my holly scrubs were looking pretty rough. This really perked them up & I saw new leaves in no time, very happy with purchase.

The product arrived with a hole in the bag since it was only packed in an Amazon shipping bag not box. Made a mess when I opened it. To early to tell if it's working, but it was easy to use.

Waiting for it to kick in

I have existing (not new plantings of) Azaleas and Holly around my house that aren’t drying off but they weren’t thriving either. The Azaleas are getting a yellowish-green hue to them. Doing research, I found that this happens if your soil’s pH is more than 5.5 (this is called chlorotic) and left too alkaline for too long without getting proper nutrients they may start to die off. Mine aren’t that bad yet but I can see tha they’re headed In that direction.After fixing my pH problem, this fertilizer will help keep the leaving a deep green color and should help the flowers be bigger and better flowers.This fertilizer can be used for a wide variety of acid-loving plants: not only azaleas and holly, also rhododendrons, bayberry, camellia, bleeding hearts marigolds, strawberries, blackberries, raspberries, blueberries, and heather are some common plants. This can also be used for a bunch of different kinds of pine / evergreen trees, oak, dogwood, hemlock, etc!As an amateur gardener, I never really thought to check plants for what pH they were to be but it makes sense to buy products to make them thrive.This fertilizer has phosphate in it to help improve blooms - I missed the boat already this year with the short spring Azalea blooms but hopefully this fertilizer will make a difference for the blooming next spring. I do see a difference with the plants green leaves due to the nitrogen in this product.I have three very small azaleas and 3 tiny holly and I got this bag towards the end of the season. It says to use the fertilizer once every six weeks. Even though the dosage is 1 cup per ft / plant, using up a lot I definitely will have enough to last through till next year and I was wondering if it would still be as effective. The bag is resealable but if there are any holes you may wish to double-bag it. Stored upright in cool, dry place, It should be fine. I did learn that it shouldn’t be stored in a super moist environment.There are a few things that I really like about this fertilizer: 1) you don’t have to worry about over-fertilization, it won’t kill your plant with this product 2) It doesn’t have manure in it so it doesn’t stink and 3) It is supposedly safe for kids and pets to be around any run-off (don’t let them eat this though).Looking at the product, this does seem to be similar to Holly-Tone so if you are familiar with that it seems pretty comparable (I haven’t used Holly-Tone).Overall, I am pleased with this. It’s not cheap but neither is replacing plants! It seems to do a good job of helping improve the health of my acid-loving plants.

I have three young azalea bushes that are having a hard time. They're in a heavily shaded area and I think they would like a little more sun. At any rate, this is July and they haven't shown much growth or any blooms this year. I received the Safer Brand 94AH Azalea & Holly Restore Fertilizer two weeks ago and immediately put it around my azalea bushes in hopes that it might help. I have another azalea specific fertilizer that I've been using on all of my azaleas but it doesn't seem to do much on these three specific plants. It's now been two weeks and I can see buds forming on the tips of new bright green growth on the three azaleas. Right or wrong I have to attribute the new growth to this fertilizer. This fertilizer is significantly more expensive that the fertilizer I normally use but it's also providing significantly better results. I'll probably save it for plants that aren't doing very well. Highly recommended for azaleas that need a little extra boost.

When used as directed this only treated 5 Azalea bushes, so that's $3 per plant. In my opinion that is way too expensive.

I believe that the azalea restorer is a good product, but that I’m inexperienced in caring for flowers & plants, & that’s which one of my two azalea bushes died.