Talk:Azalea

message: I assume "....are major national suppliers of azaleas."  probably refers to the USA.
Perhaps that should be more clearly explained given the international audience —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 203.214.115.31 (talk) 09:04, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  National? 

message: I was looking in this article to see if deer eat azaleas. I would like to plant on Long Island, New York, but worry about the deer population eating them. It would be good to include in the article too. -- K72ndst 23:44, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Not really an answer, but Koreans have been known to use azaleas in jeon (a banchan) which we eat. I don't know how they taste, because it's not that common nowadays. As a side note, I've heard that you can get mildly intoxicated (hic) after eating too much azalea, but I don't know if that's true or not. --Kjoonlee 16:01, 12 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Deer 

message: I'm not familiar with this term. I was looking for the distinctions between rhodos and azaleas, and the one 'defining' difference isn't referenced...
Gary Turner 04:14, 29 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Stripers? 

message: The link at the bottom pertaining to a festival in Norfolk has absolutely nothing to do with azaleas on the site.  I'd appreciate it greatly if it was either removed or replaced, thanks.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.208.227.148 (talk) 20:48, 27 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Website links 

message: What are the species? Badagnani (talk) 17:28, 11 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Species 

message: Does anyone know what is menat by blooms in 'stripers' - What is a striper?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Gord723 (talk • contribs) 03:29, 24 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Stripers? 

message: I'm told that the lilac originally came from Persia, and that tulips came from Turkey.  What land mass had the first azaleas?  Pittsburgh Poet (talk) 00:28, 27 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Origin? 

message: There is an azalea festival in Brookings, Oregon; and has been for seventy years.  There is at least one azalea native to the redwood forest.  Not really detailed, but maybe someone would like to edit that into the page... 98.234.188.161 (talk) 06:01, 16 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Festivals 

message: The statement that what distinguishes rhodos from azaleas is their size--is useless. What are their sizes? Or -- to put it very simply -- which one is bigger? Article has not said which is bigger, and so needs clarification.
:May 2011, that edit has been made. Thanks for that. I now know the answer to a question from a long time ago. VanArtGuy (talk) 07:01, 3 June 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Size? 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: Under the Toxicity header, there is a claim that mad honey caused an army(which?) to fail when invaded Pontus. It cites Pliny the Elder 21.77(hyperlink to Perseus hosting of cite). Here is the totality of that section:
The bacchar that is used in medicine is by some of our writers called the "perpressa." It is very useful for the stings of serpents, head-ache and burning heats in the head, and for defluxions of the eyes. It is applied topically for swellings of the mamillæ after delivery, as also incipient fistulas1 of the eyes, and erysipelas; the smell of it induces sleep. It is found very beneficial to administer a decoction of the root for spasms, falls with violence, convulsions, and asthma. For an inveterate cough, three or four roots of this plant are boiled down to one-third; this decoction acting also as a purgative for women after miscarriage, and removing stitch in the side, and calculi of the bladder. Drying powders2 for perspiration are prepared also from this plant; and it is laid among garments for the smell.3 The combretum which we have spoken4 of as resembling the bacchar, beaten up with axle-grease, is a marvellous cure for wounds. 
Notice that this says nothing of an army being affected by mad honey. However, Pliny does talk about mad honey in an earlier chapter in the same book. This section also does not claim the thwarting of an army invading Pontus by mad honey. Although, it is relevant to the article as a whole, which is why I put the failed verification tag on the citation in the original article.
I apologize if I have made an error somewhere, as I am quite new here.
Lexa, editing as 172.15.172.6 (talk) 04:26, 8 November 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: It seems best to remove this material altogether, as I agree it does not appear to be in the source. Peter coxhead (talk) 07:24, 8 November 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pliny Does Not Confirm Pontus Invasion