Elepidote Rhododendron: 'Koichiro Wada'

Flower light pink with faint speckling, aging to white, campanulate, about 2⅛" across.  Ball-shaped truss has about 12 flowers.  Blooms early midseason.  Leaves narrowly to broadly elliptic, or lanceolate, margins re-curved, glossy, top has white tomentum, bottom has wooley, white indumentum aging to tan.  Very dense, rounded plant habit.  Grows to a typical height of 3 ft. tall in 10 years.  Hardy to -15°F (-26°C).  Selected form of R. degronianum ssp. yakushimanum.  Awarded First Class Certificate by the RHS in 1947.

Lepidote Rhododendron: R. dauricum

Flower pale to deep purple, mauve-pink or white, widely funnel shaped, 1"-1⅔" across, held above leaf clusters.  Blooms very early.  Leaves elliptic, round apex, 1" to 1½" long, glossy, dark green, semi-evergreen, purplish colored in winter.  Erect plant habit.  Reaches an approximate height of 3 ft. in 10 years.  Cold hardy to -25ºF (-32ºC).  Native species found in the wild in eastern Siberia, northeast Mongolia, northeast China, Korea, and Japan.

Evergreen Azalea: 'Kaempo'

Flower deep purplish pink, with darker spots, single, funnel-shaped, 1⅔" across.  Blooms midseason to late midseason.  Leaves elliptic, acute apex, cuneate base, about 1" long, mid green.  Broad, compact plant habit.  Grows to a typical height of 2 ft. in 10 years.  Grows wider than tall.  Cold hardy to -5°F (-21°C).  Hybridizer is unknown.

Deciduous Azalea: 'White Lightning'

Flower white with a large vivid yellow blotch, of heavy substance, tubular funnel-shaped, 2½" across, very fragrant.  Blooms late.  Leaves elliptic, flat, acute apex, cuneate base, blue-green color, 2½" long, retained 7 months.  Spreading, dense growth habit.  Grows to a height of about 6 ft. in 10 years.  Plant and bud hardy to -20°F (-29°C). (-29).  Natural hybrid collected in NC at about 5000 ft. elevation.