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summer. The leaves are dull-green with hairs on both sides. The lavender-pink
flowers are also thread-like. See Evergreen Azalea Section
∗R. strigillosum s. Barbatum s.s. Maculiferum (China - Szechwan
7,000-10,000 ft.)
Some Shade Medium 4’ March Rose +5°F.
The long and rather narrow matte green leaves are heavily coated with
stiff bristles as well as the stems. The leaf underside has thick woolly
indumentum. The growth habit is somewhat upright and open. The juvenile
foliage is a unique red color. The tubular bell-shaped rose flowers
appear in trusses of 8-12. 10”- 12”
R. sutchuenense s. Fortunei s.s. Davidii (China - Szechwan 5,000-8,000
ft.)
Some Shade Tall 6’ Early March Rose to White -10°F.
This statuesque plant is widely branching with a stiff superstructure that
displays large oblong deep matte green leaves with a light green color
beneath. The flower color varies from rose, lavender-rose, light mauve
or white veiled pink with possible purple freckling. The bell-shaped
flowers are held in trusses of 8-12 blooms. 12”- 15”
R. tapetiforme s. Lapponicum (Tibet, Burma 11,500-15,000 ft.)
Sun or Part Shade Low 2’ Late March Pink to Purple -5°F.
A low growing shrub with small elliptic or oblong leaves. The top side is
dark green with semi-transparent scales, while the reverse side is reddish-brown
and scaly. Broadly funnel-shaped flowers range in color
from pink to pale rose-purple, or deep purplish blue. 8”- 10”, 12”- 15”
R. thayeranum s. Arboreum s.s. Argyrophyllum (China - Szechwan
9,000 ft.)
Some Shade Medium 5’ Late June White to Pink 0°F.
An upright plant with large 8” long narrow green leaves with a hint of
buff indumentum beneath. The compact blooms of white, blush-pink or
pink are presented in flower clusters of 10-20. (Fall 2012) 6”- 8”
R. thomsonii s. and s.s Thomsonii (Sikkim, Nepal, Bhutan, Tibet
10,000-14,000 ft.)
Some Shade Medium 5’ Late April Red +5°F.
This upright plant has an infrastructure that exhibits deep red bark. The
dark green leaves have a blue-white to pale green top surface and a glaucous
underside. This plant displays a parade of loose 10-12 flower clusters,
each bell-shaped, 2½” long of dark blood red with a ¾” long calyx.
(Fall 2012) 6”- 8”
R. tsangpoense s. and s.s. Glaucophyllum (S.E. Tibet, Burma 8,000-
13,000 ft.)
Sun or Part Shade Low 3’ May Pink to Purple 0°F.
Upright, open growing plant displaying foliage that has dark matte green
leaves on the top surface while the underside is very glaucous and scaly.
Flowers are bell-shaped and range from pink, pinkish purple to deep
violet.
var. pruniflorum - Underside of the leaves are very scaly. 12”- 15”
∗R. tsariense s. Campanulatum. (Tibet, Bhutan 11,500-14,500 ft.)
Some Shade Low 3’ Late March Pink -5°F.
A rounded and spreading plant with beautiful foliage of smooth, jade
green leaves that cover the top and a thick woolly texture beneath. The
bell-shaped flushed-pink blooms with red freckling are held in loose
trusses of 3-4. 10”- 12”, 12”- 15”
R. wardii s. Thomsonii s.s. Souliei (S. E. Tibet, China - Yunnan,
Szechwan 10,000-14,000 ft.)
Sun or Part Shade Medium 4’ Early May Yellow -5°F.
An upright and spreading plant with an informal growth habit, parading
4” long rounded oval-shaped dark green leaves above and light glaucous
beneath. Presented in loose rounded flower clusters of 7-14, blooms have
lemon yellow to sunshine yellow veiled green incorporated within, and
highlighted by a red flare in the throat. 10”- 12”
R. wasonii s. Taliense s.s. Wasonii (China - Szechwan)
Sun/Pt. Shade Medium 4’ Late April White/Pink/Yellow -5°F.
This upright and spreading plant is handsomely shrouded in deep forest
green leaves above with thick felt-like cocoa brown or terra cotta indu-
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mentum below. Trumpet-shaped flowers vary in color from white to pale
cream, pink, rose or yellow poised in airy flat-topped blooms of 6-10.
var. Affinite - (Fall 2012) 6”- 8”
R. wightii s. Lacteum (Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan, Tibet, N.E. Upper Burma
11,000- 14,000 ft.)
Some Shade Medium 5’ Late April Cream/Yellow +5°F.
This plant displays an open promenade with an informal leaf distribution.
Large 8” leaves are oblong, lance-shaped, bright emerald green
with buff of russet felt-like indumentum below. Uneven lax-shaped
blooms of 20 bell-shaped 2” long flowers exhibit colors which include
creamy-yellow to lemon yellow, to buff-yellow, to occasionally white
with red freckling or flare/freckling. (Fall 2012) 6”- 8”
∗R. williamsianum s. Thomsonii s.s. Williamsianum (China - Szechwan
8,000-10,000 ft.)
Sun or Part Shade Low 3’ Late April Pink -5°F.
The rounded, smooth-textured green leaf has a blue-green reverse side
with a partial covering of small hairs and glands. The juvenile foliage is
a beautiful bronze color. The bell-shaped pink blooms hang in clusters.
The growth habit is dense, compact and spreading. 10”- 12”, 12”- 15”
R. wiltonii s. Taliense s.s. Wasonii (China - Szechwan 7,000-9,000 ft.)
Some Shade Medium 4’ Late April White to Pink -5°F.
The 5” long glossy and wrinkled top leaf surface has a light tan or
brown indumentum. The bell-shaped white to soft pink flowers with a
red eye are held in trusses up to 10. The growth habit is somewhat
mounding and compact. 10”- 12”
∗R. yakushimanum s. Ponticum s.s. Caucasicum (Japan)
Sun Low 3’ Mid-May Pink to White -25°F.
This well-branching and rounded growing plant has smooth-textured
dark green leaves with thick or woolly bronze indumentum. The new
growth has silvery-gray felted texture. The light pink bloom fades to
white trusses of 10 flowers each. The plant buds young, blooms consistently
and most varieties propagate easily.
Ben Nelson Form - a wonderful plant form. 12”- 15”
Berg form - a well branching, dense plant form. 10”- 12”, 12”- 15”
Caperci Form - large blooms. 12”- 15”
Exbury Form - this variety blooms in mid May and has a smaller new
growth which is a silvery-gray color. 8”- 10”, 10”- 12”
Fawcett Form - a larger flat leaf with pink striped markings from the
margin to the throat on each lobe. 12”- 15”
Huey - a lighter buff colored indumentum. 10”- 12”
Ken Janeck - a larger leaf and plant size. The darker of all the pink
blooms. 8”- 10”, 12”- 15”, 15”- 18”
Koichiro Wada - formerly called the F.C.C. form. 10”- 12”, 12”- 15”
Mist Maiden - a larger plant form with an appleblossom pink bloom
fading to white. 10”- 12”, 12”- 15”
Phetteplace Form - a larger growing plant. 12”- 15”
Pierce Form - a later bloom time. 12”- 15”
Pink Parasol - a somewhat larger growing plant with darker pink
bloom color. 10”- 12”, 12”- 15”
Van Zile Form - a plant with persistent tomentum. 10”- 12”
White Velvet - new juvenile silvery-white foliage unfolds to dark green
leaves with thick tan indumentum. 8”- 10”, 12”- 15”
Whitney Form - a plant that blooms somewhat earlier than the Exbury
Form and the leaf shape is more rounded. New growth is a buff color.
8”- 10”, 10”- 12”
Yaku Angel - The leaf is narrower, longer and more convex. The bloom
shows less pink color. 10”- 12”, 12”- 15”
∗R. yunnanense s. Triflorum s.s. Yunnanense. (Burma, Tibet, China-
Yunnan & Szechwan 6,500-14,000 ft.)
Some Shade Medium 5’ Early May White 0°F.
A beautifully tall and slender, open and upright growing willowy plant.
The 4” long dark green scaly leaves become partly deciduous in the fall.
The open funnel-shaped white flowers with red freckling are in clusters
of 3-5. A very consistent and prolific blooming plant.
Bodinieri - a blush creamy-pink flower embellished with a showy
orange eye. 12”- 15”
Lavender - Lavender funnel-shaped flowers. 10”- 12”, 12”- 15”
White/Red Eye - 12”-15”
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