Well, I must say I've never seen such a unanimity of response on any topic here. I'm pretty sure some posters come to this site like the Monty Python argument clinic, but not this time. Resistance is futile, you will be assimilated is the basic premise. I'm assuming you all have much more experience with HOAs than I do, so DW and I have decided to go with the recommendations here. We're probably going to sell the place within the next 5 years after DD and family move on to a single family home. Most of the other plants in the neighborhood are looking pretty sick and crappy, so our new ones (of the same inappropriate species) will be still looking somewhat healthy by the time we put it on the market. Hopefully that will help it sell faster.
I'm actually president of our HOA (13 houses) in FL, but all we do is have a shared irrigation system and lawn service. My only duties are signing checks (with the treasurer), calling the annual meeting to order, and cooking the burgers at our annual get together. Other than that, paint your house pink and purple and put a swimming pool in the living room. Fine by us. That's the kind of HOA I appreciate.
So, we're going to replant the ugly Euonymus, although we'll put them in a few feet further from the foundation, and maybe accidently leave one out. I guess we'll have to wait for spring to find any white azaleas. No reputable garden center would be selling them in July around here. I'll finish putting my mini irrigation system in, so the poor things have at least a slight chance of survival. And hopefully the Nazis will find something else to do. Maybe they could chase people around and make them pick up their dog poop.
Thanks for all the advice.
