Elepidote Rhododendron: 'Marie Starks'

Flower light greenish yellow, more brilliant on dorsal lobes, and with dark red blotch surrounding base of throat and with dorsal dark red spotting, openly funnel-shaped, wavy lobes, 3¼" across.  Ball-shaped, somewhat lax, truss contains 14-18 flowers.  Blooms early midseason.  Leaves elliptic, apiculate apex, rounded base, 4" long, flat, glossy, yellow-green, retained for 2 years.  Rounded growth habit.  Grows to a typical height of 4 ft. in 10 years.  Hardy to -10°F (-23°C).  Hybridized by Murray.

Lepidote Rhododendron: 'Vibrant Violet'

Flower vivid violet with brownish-orange anthers, wavy to frilly lobes, widely funnel-shaped, 2" across.  Held in terminal clusters composed of 4 to 5 trusses each with 5 - 6 flowers.  Blooms early.  Leaves near elliptic to wider than lanceolate, concave, acute, cuneate, about 1½" long, dull, dark yellowish-green, retained 2 years.  Round, well-branched shrub.  Grows to a typical height of 3 ft. in 10 yrs.  Plant and bud hardy to 0°F (-18°C).  Hybridized by Fujioka.

Evergreen Azalea: 'Girard's Fuchsia'

Flower moderate to deep purplish red with moderate purplish red spots, reverse deep purplish pink, broadly funnel-shaped, wavy lobes, 2½" to 3" across.  Inflorescence 3 flowered.  Blooms midseason.  Leaves narrowly obovate to elliptic, apiculate apex, narrowly cuneate base, 1¾" long, glossy, moderate yellowish olive green.  Broad habit.  Grows to a typical height of 3 ft in 10 years.  Hardy to -15°F (-26°C).  Hybridized by Girard.

Deciduous Azalea: 'Cannon's Double'

Flower pale yellow with deep pink veins and outer petals, reverse pink, tubular funnel-shaped, wavy edges, double, 2½" across, slightly fragrant.  Dome-shaped truss has 7 - 8 flowers.  Blooms late midseason.  Leaves narrowly obovate to oblanceolate, flat, mucronate apex, cuneate base, 4¼" long, deciduous, matte green, bullate.  Open growth habit.  Grows to a height of 6 - 7 ft. in 10 years.  Hardy to -15°F (-26°C).  Hybridized by Cannon.