(Evergreen Azalea)

Gorgeous large soft-pink flowers with red-flecked upper lobes adorn this Pericat azalea in mid-spring. The clustered semi-double blooms are hose-in-hose (with two "stacked" tiers of petals). This rounded chest-high shrub has small elliptic medium-green leaves. Comprising more than 40 named cultivars, the Pericat hybrid azaleas likely have Kurume and Belgian Indica hybrids in their lineage. They prefer partial shade and highly organic acid soil that is evenly moist but well-drained. Although developed...

(Hager Hybrid Rhododendron)

Kurume, Glenn Dale, Gable, Satsuki, and other hybrids all contributed to these evergreen azaleas developed by Don Hager of Spotsylvania, Virginia. They bear red, orange, purple, pink, or white flowers in spring on dense compact plants set with attractive foliage. The funnel-shaped flowers are typically single, although semi-double and double cultivars also occur.

Hager azaleas prefer partial shade and highly organic acid soil that is evenly moist but well-drained. Plant them shallowly and...

(Evergreen Azalea)

Bearing showy clusters of pink and white flowers from early to mid spring, this offspring of the Glenn Dale Hybrids 'Mother of Pearl' and 'Mandarin' is one of many evergreen azaleas developed by Don Hager of Spotsylvania, Virginia. The wide-flaring funnel-shaped blooms are hose-in-hose (with two superimposed whorls of petals). The habit is dense and compact.

Hager azaleas prefer partial shade and highly organic acid soil that is evenly moist but well-drained. Plant them shallowly and mulch...

(Deciduous Azalea)

Valued for their extreme hardiness and their colorful spring flowers, the Northern Lights Series is a group of hybrid deciduous azaleas developed by the University of Minnesota. The fragrant, rich orange blooms of 'Mandarin Lights' appear in dense spherical trusses from mid- to late spring. The ruffled, broadly trumpet-shaped flowers bear a bright orange blotch on their upper lobe. This prolifically blooming cultivar gradually forms a dense upright shrub with oval olive-green leaves that are slightly...

(Bobbink-Atkins Hybrid Azalea)

Developed in the 1940s by Bobbink and Atkins Nursery of East Rutherford, New Jersey, these evergreen azaleas are the result of crosses between Kaempferi and Kurume hybrids and the Japanese native Rhododendron indicum. They bear clusters of funnel-shaped red, pink, orange, or purple flowers on dense upright 4- to 6-foot plants in spring. The funnel-shaped, often ruffled flowers are single or hose-in-hose (with two superimposed sets of petals).

These somewhat cold-tender azaleas prefer...

(Greenwood Hybrid Rhododendron)

Bred to thrive in the mild climate of the coastal Pacific Northwest United States, these evergreen azaleas were developed after 1960 by Bill Guttormsen of Canby, Oregon, They are the result of crosses between Gable, Glenn Dale, Kurume, and other hybrids. Greenwood Hybrids bear clusters of funnel-shaped flowers on dense compact plants in spring. The funnel-shaped, often ruffled flowers come in a wide range of colors and may be single, semi-double, double, or hose-in-hose (with two superimposed sets...

(Evergreen Azalea)

Bright rose-salmon flowers cover this compact upright evergreen azalea in mid-spring. The unscented semi-double blooms of 'Orange Cup' are accented with red speckles on their upper lobes. The hairy oval leaves are glossy dark green. This cultivar slowly forms a rounded medium-sized shrub.

The Kurume Hybrids result from some 300 years of hybridizing in Japan. Their ancestry likely includes Rhododendron kaempferi, R. kiusianum, and other Japanese species and hybrids....

(Evergreen Azalea)

Bearing showy clusters of large rose-pink flowers in mid-spring, 'Pearl Bradford' is one of the more than 400 evergreen azalea hybrids developed from the late 1920s through the 1940s at the United States Department of Agriculture’s Plant Introduction Station at Glenn Dale, Maryland. The broadly funnel shaped flowers have red-flecked throats.

Growing slowly into a low mounded shrub, this densely branched cultivar has oval shiny dark green leaves. The flowers are held on strong stems and drop...

(Evergreen Azalea, Pericat Hybrid Azalea, Sweetheart Supreme Azalea)

Bright purple-pink flowers with sparsely red-flecked upper lobes adorn this Pericat azalea from mid- to late spring. The funnel-shaped blooms are borne in few-flowered clusters. This rounded chest-high shrub has small elliptic medium- to dark green leaves which may assume coppery hues in cold weather. Comprising more than 40 named cultivars, the Pericat hybrid azaleas likely have Kurume and Belgian Indica hybrids in their lineage. They prefer partial shade and highly organic acid soil that is...

(Evergreen Azalea, North Tisbury Hybrid Azalea, Pink Pancake Azalea)

The North Tisbury azalea ‘Pink Pancake' bears lovely large pink flowers in late spring and early summer. The funnel-shaped single blooms have red speckling on their upper lobes. This dense low creeping plant has small elliptic glossy-green leaves that are bronze-tinged in fall and winter.

North Tisbury Hybrids are low-growing evergreen azaleas introduced by Polly Hill of Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts. Like most North Tisbury cultivars, 'Pink Pancake' is a hybrid of Rhododendron nakaharai,...