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ARS District Five Chapters: (California and Hawaii)         Map of chapter locations

California Chapter
(San Francisco & Oakland California Area)  USDA Zones 9b, 10a

Click for Elepidote and Lepidote Rhododendron plant descriptions
Click for Deciduous and Evergreen Azalea plant descriptions

Elepidote Rhododendrons

Lepidote Rhododendrons

Deciduous Azaleas

Evergreen Azaleas

'Horizon Monarch'
'Loderi King George'
'Noyo Brave'
'Noyo Chief'
'Rubicon'
'Taurus'
'The Hon. Jean Marie de Montague'
R. arboreum ssp. arboreum
R. griffithianum

'Else Fry'
'Fleurette Evans'
'Fragrantissimum'
'John Paul Evans'
'Mi Amor'
'My Lady'
R. davidsonianum
R. edgeworthii
R. johnstoneanum

R. schlippenbachii

 

De Anza Chapter
(San Francisco Peninsula & San Jose, California Area)  USDA Zone 9b, 10a

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Elepidote Rhododendrons

Lepidote Rhododendrons

Deciduous Azaleas

Evergreen Azaleas

'Cotton Candy'
'Lem's Cameo'
'Lem's Monarch'
'Leo'
'Noyo Chief'
'Percy Wiseman'
'Pink Pearl'
'President Roosevelt'
'Taurus'

'Else Frye'
'Fragrantissimum'
'Ginny Gee'
'John Paul Evans'
'Mi Amor'
'My Lady'
'Seta'
R. davidsonianum
R. veitchianum

'Gibraltar'
'Golden Flare'
'Mount Saint Helens'
'Mrs. Betty Oliver'
'Strawberry Ice'

'California Sunset'
'Dorothy Gish'
'Hexe'
'Rosebud'
'Ward's Ruby'

Eureka Chapter
(Northwestern California Area)  USDA Zone 9b

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Elepidote Rhododendrons

Lepidote Rhododendrons

Deciduous Azaleas

Evergreen Azaleas

'Christmas Cheer'
'Cupcake'
'Lem's Cameo'
'Mrs. G. W. Leak'
'Nancy Evans'
'Noyo Dream'
'Rubicon'
'Taurus'
'The Hon. Jean Marie de Montague'
'Unique Marmalade'
'Yaku Sunrise'

'Coastal Spice'
'Crater Lake'
'Else Frye'
'Ginny Gee'
'Mary Fleming'
'Mi Amor'
'Saffron Queen'
'Seta'
'Snow Lady'
R. maddenii ssp. maddenii

'Arneson Gem'
'Button and Bows'
'Cannon's Double'
'Cecile'
'Irene Koster'
'Leonard Frisbie'
'Northern Hi-Lights'
'Washington State Centennial'
R. kiusianum var. kiusianum

'Alaska'
'Alexander'
'Betty Ann Voss'
'George Lindley Taber'
'Hino-crimson'
'Joseph Hill'
'Kirin'
'Louise Gable'

Hawaii Chapter
(Hilo, Hawaii Area)  USDA Zone 10, 11

See Vireya.net website for plant descriptions

Vireya Rhododendrons

Vireya Rhododendrons

Vireya Rhododendrons

Vireya Rhododendrons

'Aravir'
'Birat Red'
'Calavar'
'Candy Halo'
'Charming Valentino'
'Cristo Rey'
'Dawn Chorus'
'Doris Mossman'
'Elegant Bouquet'

'First Light'
'Great Scent-sation'
'Haloed Gold'
'Harry Wu'
'Highland Arabesque'
'Humbolata Bay'
'Java Light'
'Jock's Cairn'
'Kisses'

'Littlest Angel'
'Lucie Sorensen'
'Mount Pirie'
'Narnia'
'Popcorn'
'Saint Valentine'
'Simbu Sunset'
'Sirunki Lake'
'Taylori'

'Tropic Glow'
'Vladimir Bukovsky'

Monterey Bay Chapter
(Monterey to Santa Cruz, California Area)  USDA Zone 9b, 10a

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Elepidote Rhododendrons

Lepidote Rhododendrons

Deciduous Azaleas

Evergreen Azaleas

'Anah Kruschke'
'Christmas Cheer'
'Freeman R. Stephens'
'Furnivall's Daughter'
'Noyo Chief'
'Noyo Dream'
'Percy Wiseman'
'President Roosevelt'
'Rubicon'
'Trude Webster'
'Winsome'

'Fragrantissimum'
'Ginny Gee'
'Mi Amor'
'My Lady'
'Saffron Queen'
'Scott's Valentine'
R. augustinii ssp. augustinii
R. burmanicum
R. davidsonianum
R. racemosum

'Homebush'
'Klondyke'
'Mount Saint Helens'
'Orangeade'
'Sunset Pink'
'Strawberry Ice'
R. calendulaceum
R. occidentale

'Dogwood'
'Fashion'
'Kirin' or 'Coral Bells'
'Starlight'
'Ward's Ruby'

Noyo Chapter
(Mendocino County, California Area)  USDA Zone 9a, 9b

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Elepidote Rhododendrons

Lepidote Rhododendrons

Deciduous Azaleas

Evergreen Azaleas

'Alice'
'Anah Kruschke'
'Bibiani'
'Bruce Brechtbill'
'Cornubia'
'Cotton Candy'
'Dame Nellie Melba'
'David'
'Doctor Arnold Endtz'
'Fastuosum Flore Pleno'
'Fire Rim'
'Fireman Jeff'
'Halfdan Lem'
'Horizon Monarch'
'Jan Dekens'
'Jim Drewry'
'Lady de Rothschild'
'Leo'
'Loderi King George'
'Markeeta's Prize'
'Mrs. E.C. Stirling'
'Nancy Evans'
'Noyo Chief'
'Noyo Dream'
'Pink Pearl'
'Point Defiance'
'Red Eye'
'Red Walloper'
'Royal Purple'
'Rubicon'
'Ruby Hart'
'Seaview Sunset'
'Taurus'
'The Hon. Jean Marie de Montague'
'Very Berry'
'Vulcan'
'Windsong'
'Windsor Lad'
R. macabeanum

'Blue Diamond'
'Crater Lake'
'Egret'
'Fort Bragg Centennial'
'Fragrantissimum Improved'
'Ginny Gee'
'John Paul Evans'
'Lemon Mist'
'Mi Amor'
'Passionate Purple'
'Patricia Marie'
'Patty Bee'
PJM Group
'Ruth Lyons'
'Snow Lady'
R. burmanicum
R. impeditum
R. rubiginosum
R. russatum 'Vibrant Violet'

'Arneson Gem'
'Beaulieu'
'Cannon's Double'
'Cecile'
'Gibraltar'
'Homebush'
'Irene Koster'
'Kathleen'
'King's Red'
'Marion Merriman'
'Princess Royal'
'Totally Awsome'
'Washington State Centennial'
'White Lights'
R. occidentale

'Aphrodite'
'Billie Dee'
'Brianne'
'Cameo'
'Caroline Gable'
'Hexe'
'Hino-crimson'
'Ima-shojo'
'Inga'
'Nuccio's Happy Days'
'Ripples'
'Roehr's Peggy Ann'
'Rose Queen'
'Ward's Ruby'

Southern California Chapter
(Southern California Area)  USDA Zone 9b, 10a, 10b

Click for Elepidote and Lepidote Rhododendron plant descriptions
Click for Evergreen Azalea plant descriptions
See Vireya.net website for Vireya descriptions

Elepidote Rhododendrons

Lepidote Rhododendrons

Evergreen Azaleas

Vireya Rhododendrons

'Aloha'
'Anah Kruschke'
'Cunningham's Blush'
'Cunningham's White'
'Daphnoides'
'Gomer Waterer'
'Rocket'
'Taurus'
'The Hon. Jean Marie de Montague'
R. hyperythrum

'Bob's Blue'
'Fragrantissimum'
'Harry Tagg'
'Purple Gem'
'Spicil'
PJM Group
R. ciliatum
R. formosum
R. maddenii ssp. maddenii

'Alaska'
'Chinzan'
'Hakata-shiro'
'Komo Kulshan'
'Nuccio's Carnival'
'Red Bird'
'Shiryu-no-homare'
'Sweetheart Supreme'
R. nakaharae

'Aravir'
'Elizabeth Ann Seton'
'Emmanuel'
'George Budgen'
'Jock's Cairn'
'Lenore Frances'
'Saint Valentine'
'Taylorii'
R. dielsianum
R. loranthiflorum
R. retusum


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