Azaleas: Page 3

(H6) Distinctive huge deep pink-purple flowers with a prominent paler pink centre and darker spotting on the upper lobes. Really striking 75mm wide flowers during May, sometimes only magenta, and with or without the darker spotting. This azalea has an open spreading habit, and can be a little shy in flowering when young. Given warmer summer conditions, it is an excellent performer and well worth growing....

Wonderful large pale mauvey purple flowers 65-75mm wide, with deeper speckles in May. This plant has dense twiggy growth and is sometimes nearly deciduous in cold climates in the winter. It is vigorous and has a broad spreading habit. Height 60-80cm in 10 years. Ideal for smaller gardens. Easy to grow. Group:Evergreen Azalea (Glenn Dale hybrid). Parentage: yedoense var. poukhanense (s) X 'Modele' Hybridization...

Lovely funnel-shaped orange red flowers during June-July. This is a very dwarf plant with a dense, creeping habit. An ideal plant for rockeries. Height and spread 30-40cm in 10 years. nakaharae (or nakaharai) is a native azalea from Taiwan and is treated as a species. It has been used very successfully as parent to many of the more dwarf creeping hybrids. Seeds were first introduced in America in...

Wonderful large white wavy edged flowers with a faint yellow green eye in the centre. Flowering in mid May, we think this is one of the best white flowered varieties. Dense bushy upright habit, and attractive pale green leaves. Height 60-80cm in 10 years. Ideal for small gardens and mixed borders. Easy to grow. Group:Evergreen Azalea (Glenn Dale hybrid). Parentage: 'Lilacinum' x 'Willy' (s) X...

(H5) Large flowered single white flower, with yellow-green flare in the centre and soft fragrance in May. Pale green leaves on an semi-evergreen, upright growing plant, best trimmed when young. Height 50-75cm in 10 years. • Parentage: kaempferi hybrid X 'J.C. van Tol’• Hybridization date: pre 1926• Bred by: Vuyk van Nes. Origin: Netherlands• Habit: Upright• Ideal position:...

This gorgeous plant has large pink wavy edged flowers in June-July. A very spreading prostrate plant matching its pancake name! Ideal for baskets, tubs, and raised beds, where it will cascade over the edge. It has stunning large flowers 45mm x 60mm and a creeping habit. 75-90cm spread in 10 years. Ideal for containers and small gardens, including rock gardens and raised beds. Great to extend the...

A very pleasant white Azalea! Icey white flowers on a tough neat growing plant. Large flowers up to 65mm appear in mid May. Height 50-75cm in 10 years. Ideal for containers and small gardens. Easy to grow. Group:Evergreen Azalea (American hybrid). Parentage: 'Kathy Ann' X ''Clara Marie' Hybridization date: pre 2000 (1966). Bred by: P.E. Girard. Origin: American. Habit: Dense mound. Ideal...

Attractive and profuse small double rose pink flowers in May. Very free flowering completely smothering the neat green glossy foliage. An award winning plant from Hans Hachmann. Height 50-75cm in 10 years. Ideal for small gardens and rock gardens. Stunning rose-bud flowers, looks great in containers. Easy to grow. Group:Evergreen Azalea (German hybrid). Parentage: 'Elsie Lee' (s) X 'Purpurkissen' Hybridization...

(H5) Large light orangey red flowers in late April and early May. A Glenn Dale Azalea from America which grows broader than tall in habit. A good strong growing plant. Height 50-75cm in 10 years. • Ideal for containers, most garden situations and front of borders.• Easy to grow.• Group: Evergreen Azalea.• Parentage: ‘Malvaticum’ (s) X indicum (deep salmon-flowered...

(H6) A rare plant with single, small pale pink to rose coloured flowers at the ends of wiry little branches, in May. A quaint and pretty little shrub from Southern Japan, with small leaves. This plant responds well to being trimmed to keep it more compact and bushier. This plant like the warmer summers to help ripen the new shoots. Mainly deciduous in colder winters. Height 25-50cm in 10 years.

Lovely large white flowers with a pale greenish yellow eye up to 70mm across, flowering in May. A good bushy plant with a spreading habit and pale green leaves. Height 40-60cm in 10 years. One of the best white azaleas which performs well, and one of our favourites. Ideal for containers. Great for cascading over walls. Easy to grow. Group: Evergreen Azalea (Southern Indica hybrid). Parentage:...

Unusual long, narrow strap-like leaves and flowers, which are rose-lilac, with darker markings flowering in April-May. stenopetalum Linearifolium is very distinctive. However, the stems and branches are brittle, and require protection from wind, frost & passing animals! Height 40-60cm in 10 years. Ideal for stunning foliage. Plantsman range. Group: Evergreen Azalea (stenopetalum hybrid). Parentage:...

(H6) Large clear electric pink flowers in May. This is a vigorous tough old variety, with light autumn tints. Height 60-75cm in 10 years. Please note this is a semi-evergreen variety and will drop leaves in the colder months. Ideal for containers and small gardens. Easy to grow. Group:Evergreen Azalea (kaempferi hybrid). Parentage: unknown. Hybridization date: pre 2000 (before 1939). Bred...