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Azaleas - Hardy species and hybrids


'Abigail Adams' - Large, bright pink flowers, Zone 5.
'Anemonon' (Kurume Hybrid) - Many small, single, purple
flowers, Zone 6.
'Anna's Smile' - Deciduous, pink flowers with a golden
eye.
'Apricot Glow' - Deciduous, orange flowers are produced
in the summer, Zone 5.
'April Surprise' (Exbury Hybrid) - Yellowish-orange
flowers have orange highlights, Zone 5.
arborescens (Sweet Azalea) - Deciduous, white flowers,
(Vis. 26) reddish orange fall foliage color, Zone 5.
'Avocet' (Knap Hill Hybrid) - Deciduous, white
flowers tinged with pink, Zone 5.
bakeri (Cumberland Azalea) - Deciduous, orange flowers,
Zone 5.
'Baltic Amber' (Ghent Hybrid) - Deciduous, yellow
flowers, the leaves have silvery markings, Zone 5.
'Barbara' (listed as Kaempferi hybrid by Monrovia but
R. tasaense cultivar by Dirr) - Single, pink flowers,
Zone 6.
'Bixby' - Dark red flowers, a low, compact plant, Zone
5.
'Blaauw's Pink' (Kurume Hybrid) - Salmon pink flowers
with darker shading, Zone 6.
'Blue Danube' (Vuyk hybrid) - Large, bluish-violet
flowers, Zone 6.
'Bonbon' - Deciduous, pink flowers, Zone 5.
'Boudoir' (Gable hybrid) - Pink flowers with a darker
pink blotch (Vis. 1), Zone 5
'Bouquet de Flora' - Deciduous, orange-red flowers each
with a yellow center, Zone 5.
'Brazil' (Exbury Hybrid) - Deciduous, reddish orange
flowers, Zone 5.
'Brick Red' - Dwarf, dark orange-red flowers, Zone 5.
'Buzzard' - Deciduous, pale yellow flowers tinged with
pink, Zone 5.
canescens - Pink flowers are produced by plants that
form clusters, Zone 5.
'Cannon's Double' (Exbury hybrid) - Deciduous, double
yellow flowers with an orange blotch (Vis. 2), Zone 5.
'Cascade' (Glenn Dale Hybrid) - The white flowers are
spotted pink, Zone 6.
'Cascade' (Shammarello Hybrid) - White flowers, Zone 5
(Vis. 3).
'Cecile' (Exbury hybrid) - Deciduous, salmon pink
flowers, Zone 5.
'Coccinea Speciosa' - Deciduous, yellow, pink and
orange flowers, Zone 5.
'Cockatoo' (Knap Hill hybrid) - Orange-yellow flowers,
Zone 5.
'Coral Bells' ('Kirin' 'Daybreak') (Kurume hybrid) -
Coral pink flowers with darker color on the veins, a
low mounded plant, Zone 6.
'Corsage' (Gable hybrid) - Light lavender flowers, a
compact growth habit, Zone 5.
'Crimson' (Exbury hybrid) - Deciduous, dark red flowers
produced later than other Exbury hybrids, Zone 5.
'Daviesi' (Ghent hybrid) - Deciduous, white flower with
yellow centers, Zone 5.
'Dawn Chorus' (Exbury Hybrid) - The orange buds open to
flowers that are blotched with pink, yellow and
white, Zone 5.
'Deep Rose' - Deciduous, dark pink flowers, Zone 4.
'Delaware Valley White' (Glenn Dale hybrid) - Single
white flowers, yellow fall foliage color, Zone 6.
'Flarepath' - Deciduous, deep red flowers, Zone 5.
'Elsie Lee'(Shammarello Hybrid) - The light, reddish
purple flowers are semi-double and produced on a
semi-dwarf plant, Zone 5.
'Fashion' - Pink flowers have a purplish-red blotch.
'Fireball' (Knap Hill Hybrid) - Dark red flowers are
combined with reddish green foliage, Zone 5.
'Fisher's Pink' ('Dodd's Pink', 'Perfection') - A
southern indica type hardy to only 20 degrees.
'Frank Abbott' (Abbott hybrid) - Deciduous, dark pink
flowers, Zone 4.
'Frankland' - Dark pink flowers, Zone 5.
'Frawley' - Deciduous, peach buds open to white
flowers, Zone 5.
'Garden Party' - Deciduous, red buds open to pink
flowers, Zone 5.
'Gibralter' (Knap Hill hybrid) - Deciduous, orange-red
flowers (Vis. 4), Zone 5.
'Girard Caroline' (Girard hybrid) - Dark rose
flowers, Zone 6.
'Girard Crimson Tide' (Girard hybrid) - Deciduous,
double red flowers, Zone 6.
'Girard Fuchsia' (Girard hybrid) - Reddish purple
flowers, the petals with wavy margins, Zone 6.
'Girard Hot Shot' (Girard hybrid) - Scarlet-orange
flowers (Vis. 10), orange-red fall foliage color, Zone
6.
'Girard Kathy' (Girard hybrid) - White flowers, plants 4
feet wide and tall, Zone 6.
'Girard Leslie Purple' (Girard hybrid) - Purplish red
flowers with darker spotting, hose-in-hose, Zone 6.
'Girard Mount Saint Helens' - Deciduous, salmon
colored flowers (Vis. 15), Zone 6.
'Girard National Beauty' (Girard hybrid) - Pink flowers
on a compact plant, Zone 6.
'Girard Pink Delight' (Girard hybrid) - Pink flowers
are produced on a tall plant, Zone 6.
'Girard Pleasant White' - Large white flowers with a
cream-colored throat, Zone 6.
'Girard Red Pom Pom' (Girard hybrid) - Deciduous, red
flowers in tight clusters that give the plant its
name, Zone 6.
'Girard Renee Michelle' (Girard hybrid) - Pink flowers
have red spots, Zone 6.
'Girard Roberta' (Girard hybrid) - 3-inch, double
pink flowers with ruffled petals, Zone 6.
'Girard Rose' (Girard hybrid) - Rose red flowers with
wavy petals, the foliage develops red tints in the
fall, Zone 6.
'Girard Salmon' (Girard hybrid) - Large, salmon-colored
flowers, the plant somewhat taller than other Girard
hybrids, Zone 6.
'Girard Scarlet' (Girard hybrid) - Red flowers have wavy
margins, plants 2 feet tall and wide, Zone 6.
'Girard Silver Sword" (Girard Hybrid) - Red flowers,
foliage with white margins, Zone 6. (Vis. 28)
'Girard Variegated Border Gem' (Girard hybrid) - Rose
pink flowers, foliage variegated with white, red fall
foliage color, Zone 6.
'Girard Variegated Hot Shot' (Girard hybrid) -
Reddish-orange flowers with dark red spots, the
foliage is green and white, Zone 6.
'Girard Yellow Pom Pom' (Girard hybrid) - Yellow
flowers produced in tight clusters, Zone 6.
'Glendale Pink' (Glenn Dale hybrid) - Large pink flowers,
Zone 6.
'Glendale Red' (Glendale hybrid) - Large red flowers,
Zone 6.
'Glory' (Kurume hybrid) - Pink flowers with a darker
blotch (Vis. 5), Zone 6. Note: Other cultivars are
named Glory but are hardy only to Zone 7.
'Golden Flare' (Exbury hybrid) - Deciduous, single,
yellow flowers with an orange blotch, Zone 5.
'Golden Lights' (Northern Lights hybrid) - Deciduous,
golden yellow (Vis. 6) flowers, bronze-red fall foliage
color, Zone 4.
'Golden Showers' (Weston hybrid) - Deciduous, flowers
provide a multi-color effect of peach-yellow-white
flowers, Zone 4.
'Golden Sunset' (Knap Hill hybrid) - Deciduous, large,
bright yellow flowers, Zone 5.
'Groundhog' - Evergreen, a vigorous, spreading plant
only 3 feet tall with bright pink flowers, Zone 5.
'Guy Yerkes' (Beltsville (Yekes-Pryor) Hybrids) - Low
growing plant producing salmon pink flowers, Zone 6.
'Harvest Moon' (Knap Hill hybrid) - Brilliant yellow
flowers with darker blotches, Zone 5.
'Helen Curtis' - White flowers, Zone 5.
'Herbert' (Gable hybrid) - Double, lavender flowers,
Zone 5.
'Hershey's Red' (Kurume hybrid) - Large, bright red
flowers (Vis. 7), Zone 6.
'Hidden Treasure' - Deciduous, the flowers are yellow
with red stamens and are produced within the new
growth. The plant is globe-shaped and the foliage is
listed as being slightly susceptible to mildew, Zone
5.
'Hilda Niblett' - Pink and white flowers, Zone 5.
'Hino-Crimson' (Kurume hybrid) - Single, red flowers
(Vis. 8) on a mounded plant, Zone 6.
'Hino-Scarlet' (Kurume hybrid) - Single, red flowers
Zone 6.
'Holland' (Kaempferi hybrid) - Single, large, intensely
red flowers, Zone 6.
'Homebush' (Knap Hill hybrid) - Deciduous, large round
heads of pointed, double pink flowers (Vis. 9), Zone 5.
'Hose-in-hose Early White' - Evergreen, slow grower
with white, hose-in-hose flowers, Zone 6.
'Hugh Wormald' (Exbury hybrid) - Deciduous, bright
yellow flowers with an orange-yellow blotch.
'Independence' - Deciduous, red buds open to pink
flowers, Zone 5.
'Irene Koster' (Occidentale) - Deciduous, white flowers
flushed with pink, Zone 5.
'Iridescent' (Weston hybrid) - Deciduous, pink flowers,
bronze-red fall foliage color, Zone 4.
'Jane Abbott Pink' - Deciduous, fragrant, pink flowers,
mildew resistant, reddish-orange fall color, Zone 4.
'Jane Grant' - Pink buds open to rich pink flowers but
fade to pale pink, Zone 5.
'Joseph Hill' - Red flowers, evergreen, plants about a
foot tall but wide-spreading, Zone 6.
'Josephine Klinger' - Deciduous, yellowish pink
flowers, Zone 5.
kaempferi (Torch Azalea) - Orange red flowers, Zone 6.
'Karen' - Plants with good cold tolerance produce pink
flowers (Vis. 11).
'Kings Red' (Exbury hybrid) - Deciduous, dark red,
slightly ruffled flowers (Vis. 12), Zone 5.
kiusianum - Small, lavender to purple flowers,
extremely dwarf, Zone 5.
kiusianum 'Album' - Small white flowers, dwarf plant,
Zone 5.
kiusianum 'Komo Kulsham' - A dwarf, evergreen shrub with
purplish-red flowers that have pink centers.
'Klondyke' (Knap Hill hybrid) - Deciduous, large,
golden-orange flowers (Vis. 13), young foliage coppery
red, Zone 5.
x kosteranum (Mollis Azalea) - Deciduous, flowers can
be yellow, orange or salmon, Zone 4.
'Lemon Drop' - Yellow flowers.
'Lemon Lights' (Northern Lights Hybrid) - Lemon yellow
flowers, Zone 4.
'Louise Gable' (Gable hybrid) - Low, dense plant with
salmon pink flowers each with a darker blotch, Zone
5.
'Lollipop' (Weston hybrid) - Deciduous, pink flowers
with light pink and yellow flare, red to orange fall
foliage color, Zone 4.
'Lorna' (Gable hybrid) - Light, purplish-pink flowers,
Zone 6.
'Magic' (Ghent hybrid) - Deciduous, yellow flowers
change to orange as they mature, Zone 4.
'Majesty' - Dark red flowers, low and compact plant
that is wider than high, Zone 5.
'Mandarin Lights' (Northern Lights Hybrid) - Ruffled,
orange-red flowers, Zone 4..
'Maria Derby' - Orange red, hose-in-hose flowers, Zone
5.
'Marilee'(Polly Hill's North Tisbury hybrids) - A low,
spreading plant that will be wider than it is high,
deep pink flowers but not always a reliable bloomer,
Zone 6.
'Matthew's Memory' (Exbury Hybrid) - Golden yellow
flowers, large plants, Zone 5.
'Millennium' - Deciduous plants produce red flowers in
mid-summer. The foliage is bluish-green, Zone 4.
mollis 'Queen Emma' - Large, light salmon-orange
flowers, Zone 5.
'Mother's Day' (Kurume hybrid) - Bright red, faintly
spotted with brown (Vis. 14), Zone 6.
mucronulatum (Korean Rhododendron) - Deciduous, pale
lavender (Vis. 27), colorful autumn foliage, Zone 5.
mucronulatum 'Cornell Pink' - Pale pink flowers, Zone
4.
'My Mary' - Pale yellow flowers, Zone 4.
'Nacoochee' - Pale yellow to white flowers, deciduous,
Zone 4.
'Nancy of Robinhill' - Double pink flowers, Zone 5.
'Nancy Waterer' - Deciduous, large, golden-yellow
flowers, Zone 5.
'Narcissiflora' (Ghent hybrid) - Deciduous, double
light yellow flowers with pointed petals (Vis. 16),
Zone 5.
'Nectar' - Deciduous, red buds open to pink flowers,
Zone 4.
'Northern Hi-lights' (Northern Lights hybrid) -
Deciduous, creamy white flowers with yellow marking
(Vis. 17), Zone 4.
'Northern Lights' (Northern Lights hybrid) - Deciduous,
light pink to deep pink flowers (Vis. 18), Zone 4.
'Olga Niblett' - White flowers with yellow overtones,
Zone 5.
'Orchid Lights' (Northern Lights hybrid) - Deciduous,
lilac colored flowers (Vis. 19) on compact, 3-foot tall
plants, Zone 4.
'Oxydol' (Exbury hybrid) - Deciduous, large white
flowers with yellow spots, Zone 5.
'Parade' (Weston hybrid) - Deciduous, dark pink flowers
with orange eyes, Zone 4.
'Peach Abbott' ('Jane Abbott Peach') (Abbott hybrid) -
Deciduous, apricot colored flowers, reddish orange
fall foliage color, Zone 4.
'Peachy Keen' (Ilam Hybrid) - Dwarf habit, peach
colored flowers, Zone 5.
'Pennsylvania' - Deciduous, pink flowers each with an
orange eye, coppery-yellow fall foliage color, Zone
5.
'Pink and Sweet' - Deciduous, pink flowers each with a
lighter pink and yellow eye, purplish red fall
foliage color, Zone 4.
'Pink Clusters' - Evergreen, bright pink flowers with
orange on one petal, low growing, spreading dwarf,
Zone 5.
'Pink Discovery' - Evergreen, pink flowers on vigorous,
upright plants, Zone 5.
'Pink Williams' - Deciduous, pink flowers, Zone 5.
'Pocahantas' - Dark red flowers, Zone 5.
'Polar Bear' (Beltsville (Yerkes-Pryor) Hybrid) -
White, hose-in-hose flowers with yellowish throats,
Zone 5.
'Popcorn' - Deciduous, round clusters of white flowers
with each flower having a yellow flare and pink
stamens are produced in summer. The foliage turns
dark red in the fall, Zone 5.
'Popsicle' (Weston hybrid) - Deciduous, large, dark
pink flowers with a subtle orange flare, dark red
fall color, Zone 3.
poukhanensis (Korean Azalea) - Lavender flowers,
compact and slow growing, Zone 5.
poukhanensis 'Pink Discovery' - Clear pink flowers,
Zone 5.
prinophyllum (Roseshell Azalea) - Bright pink flowers
with a spicy scent, native to the northeastern U. S.,
Zone4.
prunifolium (Plumleaf Azalea) - Deciduous, orange
flowers, Zone 4.
'Purple Splendor' (Gable Hybrid) - Reddish purple
flowers, Zone 6.
'Quiet Thoughts' - Deciduous, yellow-orange flowers,
Zone 5.
'Rainbow' - Deciduous, bright yellow flowers change to
orange and pink as they mature, reddish fall foliage
color, Zone 4.
'Red King' - Deciduous, large red flowers, Zone 5.
'Red Velvet' - Deciduous, deep red flowers.
'Refrain' (Glenn Dale Hybrid) - Purplish-pink flowers,
evergreen, Zone 6.
'Ribbon Candy' - Deciduous, pink flowers with white
stripes, Zone 4.
'Robin Hill Gillie' - Large, salmon pin flowers with
red throats, Zone 5.
'Rosebud' - Rose pink, double, hose-in-hose flowers,
Zone 5.
'Rosy Lights' (Northern Lights hybrid) - Deciduous,
dark pink flowers (Vis. 20), Zone 4.
'Royal Lodge' - Deciduous, red flowers, Zone 5.
'Royal Pillow' - Evergreen foliage turns red in autumn.
Plants are mound-shaped and produce large, purple
flowers, Zone 5.
'Salmon Pink' - Deciduous, pink flowers, Zone 5.
'Sandy' - Deciduous, this summer flowering plant
produces orange flowers that have yellow flares, Zone
5.
schlippenbachi (Royal Azalea) - Deciduous, light pink
flowers with brown dots in throat, Zone 5.
'Sea Breeze' - Deciduous, yellow flowers, blueish green
foliage, Zone 5.
'Silver Sword' (Kaempferi hybrid) - Flowers are red to
pink, the foliage edged with white (Vis. 21), Zone 5.
'Sir Robert' - Large white to pink flowers, Zone 5.
'Siskin' - Deciduous, clear yellow flowers, Zone 5.
'Snowball' - Double, white flowers.
'Snowbird' - Fragrant white flowers, Zone 6.
'Sparkler' - Deciduous, the ruffled, dark pink flowers
are produced in summer. The foliage is purplish in
the fall, Zone 4.
'Spicy Lights' (Northern Lights hybrid) - Deciduous,
rosy pink flowers (Vis. 22), Zone 4.
'Stewartsonian' (Gable hybrid) - Single, orange-red
flowers (Vis. 23), Zone 6.
'Strawberry Ice' (Exbury hybrid) - Deciduous, peach
pink flowers, Zone 5.
'Summer Gold' - Deciduous, yellow flowers with darker
yellow flare, Zone 5.
'Summer Lyric' - Pink flowers with yellow throats, Zone
5.
'Sunset Pink' (Exbury hybrid) - Deciduous, pink flowers
with a yellow blotch, Zone 5.
'Sunshine' - Deciduous, yellow with a golden eye, Zone
5.
'Texas Pink' - Tiny dark pink flowers produced in
profusion, dwarf and mound-shaped, Zone 5.
'Toucan' (Knap Hill hybrid) - Deciduous, pale, cream
flowers with dark yellow flare, red fall foliage,
Zone 5.
'Toy' - (Ghent Hybrid) - Deciduous, light pink flowers,
bluish green leaves, Zone 5.
'Tradition' (Kurume Hybrid) - Evergreen, double pink
flowers, Zone 6.
'Tunis' - Deciduous, crimson with an orange flare, Zone
5.
'Tutti Frutti' (Exbury hybrid) - Deciduous, rose
colored flowers each with a large red blotch, Zone 5.
vaseyi (Pinkshell Azalea) - Deciduous, pink flowers,
red fall foliage color, native to mid-Atlantic
states, Zone 4.
'Violet Gordon' (Knap Hill hybrid) - Deciduous, coral-
salmon flowers, burgundy fall foliage color, Zone 5.
'Viscosepalum' - Deciduous, pale, yellowish-white
flowers, orange fall foliage color, Zone 4.
viscosum (Swamp Azalea) - White flowers with a clove-
like scent, native to New England, Zone 4.
viscosum 'Lemon Drop' - Deciduous, peach buds open to
pale yellow flowers, red and yellow fall color, Zone
3.
'Vyking' - Dark, rose red flowers, purplish-red fall
foliage color, Zone 5.
'Washington State Centennial' - Red buds open to pink
flowers that have an orange upper petal, Zone 6.
'Weston's Innocence' - Deciduous, small white flowers,
burgundy-red fall color, Zone 4.
'White Lights' (Northern Lights hybrid) - Deciduous,
pink buds open to pink flowers then fade (Vis. 24) to
white, Zone 4.
'White Swan' (Exbury hybrid) - Deciduous, white
flowers (Vis. 25), Zone 5.
'White Throat' - Deciduous, double white flowers, red
fall foliage color, Zone 5.
'Wilhelmina Vuyk' (Palestrina) (Vuyk hybrid) - Ivory
white flowers with a greenish-yellow eye, Zone 5.
'Windsor Buttercup' (Windsor hybrid) - Deciduous,
yellow flowers, Zone 5.
yedoense var. poukhanense (Korean Azalea) - A mat
forming plant only 6 inches tall. The flowers are
purple, Zone 5.
'Yellow Pompom' - Deciduous, double yellow flowers,
Zone 5.

References for Cultivars: Monrovia Nursery Company 1997,
Bailey Nurseries 1999, Weston Nurseries 1999, Rosebay
Nursery 1995, Lake County Nursery 1999, White Flower Farm
1999, Iseli Nursery 1999, Wayside Gardens 1999, Sheridan
Nurseries 1999, Studebaker Nurseries 1999, Select Plus
International Nursery 1999, Ray Wiegand's Nursery 1999,
Princeton Nurseries 1999, Berryhill Nurseries 1999, Gee
Farms 1999, Willoway Nurseries 1999.


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