Last spring, after the flowers died, the petals got brown and still stayed on the azalea bush. I figured this was fine since they’d just fall off or get knocked off when the bush grew back this spring. My lilacs have big buds and some are starting to open, but the azaleas don’t have anything. The leaves are still brown and there doesn’t appear to be anything growing yet.
I meant the leaves turned brown. The petals fell off. Strangely, the leaves aren’t all brown. The parts nearest the stem are green. Some leaves are dotted green throughout. All the leaves are mostly brown though.