Elepidote Rhododendron: 'Janet Blair'

Flower very pale pinkish mauve with golden bronze rays on the upper lobe, widely funnel-shaped, fragrant, frilly edges, about 3½" across.  Held in tall truss of about 13 flowers.  Blooms midseason.  Leaves elliptic, with a slight ripple, 5" long, glossy, dark green.  Dense, mounding, well-branched growth habit.  Grows wider than tall.  Grows to a typical height of 6 ft. in 10 years.  Cold hardy to -15°F (-26°C).  Heat tolerant.  Hybridized by Dexter.

Lepidote Rhododendron: 'Ginny Gee'

Flower white with pink mottling at edges both inside and on reverse, tubular funnel-shaped to widely funnel-shaped, wavy lobes, ¾"-1" across.  Flowers fade to light pink or white.  Held in terminal clusters of multiple buds each with 3 - 5 flowers.  An early midseason bloomer.  Leaves elliptic, acute apex, cuneate base, 1¼" long, dark matte green, retained 2 - 3 years.  Some reddening of leaves in winter.  Compact, very dense growth habit.  Grows to an approximate height of 2 ft. in 10 years.  Cold hardy to -10°F (-23°C).  Hybridized by Berg.

Evergreen Azalea: 'Rosebud'

Flower strong purplish-pink, flushed with slight veining of deep purplish pink, broadly funnel-shaped, double, hose-in hose, 1⅛" across.  Blooms midseason.  Leaves elliptic, 1" to 1½" long, glossy, mid green.  Spreading, dense habit.  Grows to a height of 4 ft. in 10 years.  Hardy to -10°F (-23°C).  Received the ARS Award of Merit in 1972 and the First Class Certificate in 1975 from the Royal Horticultural Society.  Hybridized by Gable.

Deciduous Azalea: R. cumberlandense

Flower usually orange to orange red, sometimes yellow, funnel-shaped, 1" - 1¾" across.  Inflorescence 3 to 7 flowered.  Blooms late to very late.  Leaves ovate to obovate, acute apex often mucronate, up to 3" long, deciduous.  Bushy growth habit.  Grows to about 4 ft. tall in 10 years.  Hardy to -15°F (-26°C).  Native species found in the wild growing on ridge tops and mixed deciduous forests in AL, GA, KY, NC, SC, TN, and VA.