Elepidote Rhododendron: 'Ken Janeck'

One of the best forms of R. degronianum ssp. yakushimanum) with appealing foliage and richly-colored pink flowers.  Flowers are funnel-shaped, 2½" across, held in trusses with 13 to 17 flowers.  Blooms midseason.  Leaves oblanceolate, re-curved, dark green with thick indumentum beneath.  Compact, mounding plant habit.  Grows twice as wide as high.  Height: about 4 ft. in 10 years.  Cold hardy to -15°F (-26°C).  Selection received an Award of Excellence (1969).  There is debate as to whether the plant is a variety of the species or is a hybrid containing R. smirnowii or another species.  Selected by Janeck.

Lepidote Rhododendron: 'Rhein's Luna'

Flower light purple at edges shading lighter in throat, no markings, openly funnel-shaped, 1¾" across.  Ball-shaped truss has 4-6 flowers.  Blooms early midseason.  Leaves elliptic, acute apex, cuneate base, convex, 2¾" to 3⅛" long, semi-glossy, moderate olive green.  Open growth habit.  Grows to a typical height of 5 ft. in 10 years.  Plant and bud hardy to -15 °F (-26°C).  Hybridized by Rhein.

Evergreen Azalea: 'Treasure'

Flower white with very faint pink on lobe edges, light pink spotting on dorsal lobe, single, funnel-shaped, 3½" to 4½" across.  Truss holds 2-3 flowers.  Blooms early midseason.  Leaves elliptic, cuneate base, acute apex, flat, light green.  Spreading, broad, plant habit.  A vigorous grower.  Grows to a typical height of about 5 ft. in 10 years.  Plant and bud hardy to at least 0°F (-18°C).  Hybridized by Morrison.

Deciduous Azalea: R. cumberlandense

Flower orange to red, sometimes yellow, slightly fragrant, funnel-shaped, 1½" to 1¾" across  Truss holds 3-7 flowers.  Blooms late to very late.  Leaves ovate or obovate to elliptic, up to 3" long, deciduous.  Low shrub, often stoloniferous.  Grows to 4 ft. tall in 10 years.  Cold hardy to -15°F (-26°C).  Native species found in the eastern United States on the Cumberland Plateau in Kentucky and Tennessee and on the mountains of Georgia, Alabama, and North Carolina.