Elepidote Rhododendron: 'Horizon Lakeside'

Flower light yellow with a strong red throat and spots, saucer-shaped, wavy edged, 4" across.  Held in ball-shaped truss with 16 flowers.  Blooms early midseason.  Leaves elliptic, broadly acute apex, rounded base, slightly wavy edges, 4½" long, retained 2 years.  Spreading moderately open habit.  Typical height: 4 feet in 10 years.  Plant and bud hardy to 5°F (-15°C).  Hybridized by Brockenbrough.

Lepidote Rhododendron: R. 'Gletschernacht'

Flower vivid violet, unmarked, funnel-shaped, about 1⅜" across.  Truss holds 7-8 flowers.  Blooms early midseason.  Leaves elliptic, 1½" to 2" long, yellowish-green.  Compact, dense shrub.  Grows to a typical height of 3 ft. in 10 years.  Cold hardy to -5°F (-21°C).  Hybridized by Hachmann.

Evergreen Azalea: R. kiusianum var. kiusianum

Flower salmon-red, pink, typically purple, or rarely white, funnel-shaped, about 1" across.  Inflorescence has 2-5 flowers.  Blooms midseason to late midseason.  Spring leaves about 1⅔" long, elliptic or obovate, both sides with stiff flat hairs, summer leaves are obovate, 1⅓"- 1¾" long, semi-evergreen to deciduous.  Dense, twiggy, often prostrate plant habit.  Grows to a typical height of 2 ft. in 10 years.  Cold hardy to -10°F (-23°C).  Native to Kyushu, Japan.  The official flower of Unzen, Nagasaki, and Kagoshima Prefectures.

Deciduous Azalea: 'Mount Saint Helens'

Flower yellowish pink with a vivid reddish-orange blotch, widely funnel-shaped, wavy lobed, 2½" across.  Held in ball-shaped truss with 11 flowers.  Blooms midseason.  Leaves oblanceolate to narrowly obovate, mucronate, narrowly cuneate, 3" to 4" long, moderate yellowish-green.  Upright plant habit.  Grows approximately 6 ft. tall in 10 years.  Cold hardy to -25°F (-32°C).  Hybridized by Girard.