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I am not really a gardener because I have a black thumb unlike my mother and mother-in-law, both of whom could put a stick in the ground and get it to grow, but I do have a yard full of beautiful azaleas. They were in full bloom this week and I had been enjoying bringing them inside to adorn my dining room table. This is very early for them to be in full bloom. Sadly, it is also very late for us here in the coastal plain of North Carolina to have sub-freezing temperatures, not for one night, but three consecutive nights!Since I have never had to do it before, it never occurred to me to cover them and I have so many it would have been very difficult to do so if it had. Consequently, those gorgeous blooms are now brown! I am just sick about it! Of course, next year they will be back in all of their glory, but I was not ready for them to be gone so soon. I guess I am posting to this thread to get some empathy for my sadness, because my husband certainly doesn't get it!