Elepidote Rhododendron: 'Golfer'

Flower pale purplish-pink with slight brown spotting, reverse striped darker, widely funnel-campanulate, wavy lobes, 2" across.  Dome-shaped trusses holds 13 flowers.  Blooms early midseason.  Leaves narrowly elliptic, apiculate apex, cuneate base, 3" long, margins slightly re-curved, glossy, retained 2-3 years.  Silver tomentum on new growth.  Likes mid-afternoon filtered shade.  Grows to a typical height of 2 ft. in 10 yrs.  Cold hardy to -10° F (-23° C).  Hybridized by Berg.

Lepidote Rhododendron: 'Shamrock'

Flower brilliant yellowish green with slight strong yellow-green spotting, tubular funnel-shaped, 1½" across.  Flowers color fades to light yellow.  Flat truss has 8-9 flowers.  Blooms early to early midseason.  Leaves elliptic, apiculate apex, cuneate base, 1¾" long, yellowish-green, retained 2 years.  Dense, spreading plant habit.  Grows to a typical height of 2 ft. in 10 years.  Cold hardy to -15°F (-21°C).  Hybridized by Ticknor.

Evergreen Azalea: 'Blue Danube'

Flower strong reddish-purple with vivid reddish-purple midribs and deep red spotting, funnel-shaped, 1½" - 1¾" across.  Inflorescence 2-3 flowered.  Blooms midseason.  Leaves 2" long, bright green.  Upright, spreading habit.  Grows to a typical height of 4 ft. in 10 years.  Cold hardy to -10°F (-23°C).  Hybridized by van Hecke.

Deciduous Azalea: R. schlippenbachii

Flower pale to deep pink, rarely white, broadly rotate-funnel shaped.  Inflorescence 3-6 flowered.  Blooms early midseason.  Leaves broadly obovate, up to 4½" long, in whorls at branch tips, deciduous.  Grows to a typical height of about 4 ft. in 10 years.  Plant and bud hardy to -20°F (-29°C).  Native species growing in Korea, North East Manchuria and Eastern Russia.