Azalea - Mikado

[mintymow]

I have been given this plant looking beautiful and in full bloom. Should I leave it until its finished flowering before putting it in the garden.

[woofgang]

It will be much happier outside. Azaleas are cool temperature plants and houses tend to be too warm and dry for them.

[jourdain2]

If you mean 'planting it out', then leave it. Otherwise, woofgang is right and it will be happier in a sheltered spot outside - depends on where you live, are you liable to be free of frosts? I'd not plant it until it has finished flowering, then I'd dead-head it and plant. What is your soil like? Azaeleas like acid.

[Chipchopper]

If your soil isn't very acidic, another option might be to plant it in a large ceramic pot with ericaceous compost and placed in a position of partial shade.
Watering with a sequestred iron compound can help maintain the acidity.