Elepidote Rhododendron: 'Bea MacDonald'

Flower light orange-yellow with 0.25" edging of strong pink and a red-brown flare, widely funnel-campanulate, crinkled edges, 3.1" across.  Lax truss has 7-9 flowers.  Blooms early midseason.  Leaves narrowly elliptic, broadly acute apex, rounded base, dull green.  Spreading, dense plant habit.  Grows to a typical height of 2 ft. in 10 years.  Plant and bud hardy to -5°F (-21°C).  Hybridized by Cowles.

Lepidote Rhododendron: R. keiskei var. keiskei

Flower pale yellow, widely funnel shaped, 1⅛" - 2" across.  Inflorescence 2-6 flowered.  Blooms early midseason.  Leaves lanceolate to narrowly elliptic, acute apex, cuneate or rounded base, 1¼" to 3" long, bronze-colored when young.  Open growth habit.  Grows to a typical height of 2 ft. in 10 years.  Plant and bud hardy to 0°F (-18°C).  Native to Japan (widely distributed, Honshu to Yakushima).

Evergreen Azalea: 'Wagner's White Spider'

Flower white with faint yellowish-green spots on the top three petals, single, 3" across.  Petals are strap-shaped.  Truss holds 2-4 flowers.  Blooms early midseason.  Leaves oblong, broadly acute to rounded apex, cuneate base, 2" long, flat edges, matte, moderate green.  Intermediate plant habit.  Grows to a typical height of about 3 ft. in 10 years.  Plant and bud cold hardy to at least -5°F (-21°C).  Hybridized by Wagner.

Deciduous Azalea: R. periclymenoides

Flower pink, rarely white, tube often deeper colored, funnel-shaped, fragrant.  Truss holds 6-15 flowers.  Blooms midseason.  Leaves elliptic to oblong-obovate, up to 4" long, bright green, deciduous.  Usually a non-stoloniferous shrub.  Grows to 5 ft. tall in 10 years.  Cold hardy to -15°F (-26°C).  Native species found in the eastern United States growing from New England to Georgia, and westward to Ohio and Tennessee.