Elepidote Rhododendron: 'Nancy Evans'

Flower light yellow with some early orange shading on lobes and reverse, orange-red buds, hose-in-hose, openly funnel-shaped, wavy lobes, 2½" across.  Held in ball-shaped trusses of 19 flowers.  Blooms midseason.  Leaves narrowly elliptic to elliptic, 4" long, glossy, medium green, bronze colored when new.  Rounded, compact plant habit.  Grows to a typical height of 3 ft. in 10 yrs.  Hardy to 5°F (-15°C).  Hybridized by Brockenbrough.

Lepidote Rhododendron: 'Seta'

Flower pink and white with a paler base, the reverse darker pink, tubular-campanulate, ½" to 1" across.  Blooms early.  Leaves ovate or elliptic, broadly acute apex, rounded base, about 1¾" long, incised ribs, dull, dark green, retained 3 years.  Upright growth habit.  Grows to a typical height of 5 ft. in 10 years.  Hardy to 5°F (-15°C).  Hybridized by Aberconway.

Evergreen Azalea: 'Elsie Lee'

Flower light reddish purple, widely funnel-shaped, 2¼" - 2½" across, semi-double.  Inflorescence 2 to 3 flowered.  Blooms late midseason.  Leaves broadly elliptic, acute apex, rounded base, 1½" long, glossy, moderate yellow-green, held for 2 years.  Mature leaves yellowish-brown.  Upright, broad habit.  Grows to a typical height of 3 ft. in 10 years.  Cold hardy to -15°F (-26°C).  Hybridized by Shammarello.

Deciduous Azalea: 'Irene Koster'

Flower white flushed strong pink with a yellow blotch on upper lobes and brownish orange spotting, fragrant, tubular funnel-shaped, wavy edges, 2½" across.  Blooms late midseason.  Leaves elliptic, dark green.  Upright, open plant habit.  Grows to a typical height of 6 ft. in 10 years.  Hardy to -15°F (-26°C).  Hybridized by Koster & Sons.  Received the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit in 1993