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ofcreamy-yellow, pink or rose blooms are heavily freckled with scarlet
or green, held in clusters up to 15.
Polka Dot - Pale creamy blooms with a nuance of pink, and heavily
freckled with red or green. 10”- 12”
R. keiskei s. and s.s. Triflorum (Japan 2,000-6,000 ft.)
Sun or Part Shade Semi-Dwarf 2’ Mid-April Yellow -5°F.
The 3” long pointed leaves are scaly on both sides with bronzy juvenile
foliage. The growth habit is compact and mounding. The funnel-shaped
yellow flowers are held in clusters of 3-5. 12”- 15”
var. Yaku Fairy - A dwarf plant (1’) growing very prostrate. 10”- 12”
∗R. keleticum s. Saluenense. (Upper Burma, Tibet, China - Yunnan
11,000-15,000 ft.)
Sun Dwarf 1’ Mid-May Purple -15°F.
A compact and spreading semi-prostrate plant with small glossy, smoothtextured
dark green leaves with a dense brown scaly underside. Small
open saucer-shaped flowers of rich crimson-purple in upright trusses of
3. Excellent for Bonsai and borders. 6”- 8” $15.00, 10”- 12” $25.00
R. kiusianum s. Azaleas s. Obtusum. (Japan 4,000-5,000 ft.)
Sun or Part Shade Dwarf 1’ Mid-May Pink to White -10°F.
There are many forms of this plant that range in bloom color from pink,
white, salmon-orange, and red-purple. Excellent for Bonsai, buds young
and heavily, and defoliates somewhat in winter. The growth habit is
dense, compact and spreading with 2 leaf forms - spring and summer.
See the Evergreen Azalea Section.
R. lanatum (formerly R. flinckii) s. Campanulatum. (Sikkim, Bhutan,
Assam, Tibet)
Some Shade Semi-Dwarf 2’ April Yellow +5°F.
A compact plant beautifully furnished with oval-shaped jade green
leaves, above and thick suede-like sandy indumentum below. Bloom
color varies from light yellow to purple, accented with red freckling
within, all with trumpet-shaped blooms of 6-10. 8”- 10”
R. lanigerum s. and s.s. Arboreum (Assam, S.E. Tibet 10,000-11,000
ft.)
Sun or Part Shade Tall 6’ Early April Rosy-Purple +5°F.
A tall plant with pointed, smoothed textured dark green leaves above and
the underside transcends from frosty-white, pearl grey to burnt almond
indumentum. The funnel-shaped flowers of rosy-purple to deep magenta
are presented in large trusses of 25 or more. (Fall 2014) 8”- 10”
R. lepidostylum s. Trichocladum. (China - Yunnan 10,000-12,000 ft.)
Some Shade Semi-Dwarf 18” Late May Yellow -5°F.
The most notable feature of this plant is the distinctive and uncommonly
beautiful blue-green hairy leaves with a dense brown scaly underside.
The growth habit is compact and rounded, with small pale yellow funnelshaped
flowers. 4”- 8” $15.00
R. lepidotum s. and s.s. Lepidotum (Himalaya, Nepal, Tibet, Burma,
Szechwan, Yunnan 8,000-16,000 ft.)
Sun or Part Shade Dwarf 1’ Mid-April Rosy Pink -5°F.
An open, upright, very slow growing plant with rounded, flat-topped
rosy pink flowers displayed above narrow, dark green leaves with dense
scales on both sides. 8”- 10”
R. leucaspis s. Boothii s.s. Megeratum (S. E. Tibet 8,000-10,000 ft.)
Some Shade Semi-Dwarf 2’ Early March White +5°F.
A plant, that grows somewhat upright and open, with a bounty of hairy
and elliptic deep lustrous green leaves above and blue-green beneath
covered with yellowish scales. White blooms suffused pink are held in
clusters of 3 and are highlighted by brown anthers. 8”- 10”, 10”- 12”
R. litaganense s. Lapponicum (China - Szechwan, Yunnan 11,000-
14,000 ft.)
Sun or Part Shade Dwarf 1’ Late April Violet -15°F.
A perfect dwarf growing plant, suitable for rock gardens or borders.
Densely clothed with small elegant scaly leaves of gray-olive green,
bearing widely funnel-shaped colbalt-violet flowers that produce a prodigious
display. 8”- 10”, 10”- 12”
R. linearifolium s. Azalea s.s. Obtusum. (See R. stenopetalum)
R. lutescens s. and s.s. Triflorum. (China - Szechwan & Yunnan 3,000-
9,800 ft.)
Sun or Part Shade Tall 6’ Late March Yellow +5°F.
This plant has a tall, slender, upright, and open growing superstructure
with bright crimson new growth. The lance-like matte dark green leaves
change to a radiant mahogany red. The pendulous clear primrose yellow
blooms with light green spotting are clustered in trusses of 3-6 flowers.
12”- 15”
∗R. luteum s. Azalea s.s. Luteum. (See Pontica)
Sun Medium 3’ May Fragrant Yellow -15°F.
This delightfully fragrant deciduous azalea grows into a dense, compact
and somewhat upright plant displaying excellent autumn foliage. The
soft yellow fragrant trusses have a vivid chrome yellow flare, and bloom
in great profusion. See Deciduous Azalea Section.
R. lysolepis s. Lapponicum (Szechwan 11,000 ft.)
Sun or Part Shade Semi-Dwarf 2’ Mid-April Violet -15°F.
Heavy flowering, small funnel-shaped flowers of deep violet in trusses
of 3 displayed above oblong dark olive green leaves on a semi-dwarf
growing plant that is very suitable for rock gardens and borders. 8”-
10”
∗R. macabeanum s. Grande (Manipur, 8,000-9,000 ft.)
Some Shade Tall 6’ Late March Creamy-Yellow +5°F.
Very tall tree-like plant with enormous broadly elliptic dark green leaves
with thick white or light beige colored indumentum below. Large ventricose
companulate trusses of 20 creamy-yellow flowers with a purple eye
in the throat. The plant does not commence to bloom until approximately
10 years of age. 10”- 12” $30.00
var. Tower Court - A smaller grower. 10”- 12”
∗R. macrophyllum s. and s.s. Ponticum (British Columbia thru N.
California - sea level to 6,000 ft.)
Sun or Part Shade Medium 5’ Mid-May Pink -5°F.
This somewhat open, upright promenade, exhibits lance-shaped medium
dark green leaves, paler beneath, from which emerge dome-shaped
trusses held in clusters up to 20, ranging in color from white to pink
highlighted with red freckling within. 6”- 8”, 8”- 10”
R. magnificum s. Grande (Burma-Tibet frontier, 6,000-8,000 ft.)
Some Shade Medium 5’ Mid March Rose-Purple +10°F.
The name of this species describes it well, for it is truly magnificent.
Leaves are oblong to oblong obovate, extremely large, to 18” x 9”, dark
matte green. The reverse sides have a thin covering of whitish or light tan
indumentum. Rose-purple flowers, to 3” long, are tubular bell-shaped
and are held in gigantic, compact trusses of up to 30 flowers. 12”- 15”
R. makinoi s. Ponticum s.s. Caucasicum (Japan 1,500-1,800 ft.)
Sun or Part shade Low 3’ Late May Pink -10°F.
A dense, well-branched and rounded plant has long and narrow smooth
textured forest green leaves above and thick beige indumentum below.
The juvenile foliage is textured with white to light beige covered indumentum.
Bell-shaped 2” clear pink flowers are arranged in trusses of 10.
12”- 15”
R. megeratum s. Boothii s.s. Megeratum (Tibet, China, Burma 8,000-
13,000 ft.)
Sun or Part Shade Dwarf 1’ Late April Cream-Yellow +5°F.
A dense and mounding plant with hairy bracelets, purple scaling bark
and a bounty of small leaves, polished oval, or elliptic above and scaly,
very glaucous below with bristly leaf margins. Small bell-shaped creamy
or yellow flowers are held in clusters up to 3. 8”- 10”
∗R. moupinense s. Moupinense. (China - Szechwan & Kweichow
6,500-10,000 ft.)
Some Shade Semi-Dwarf 2’ February White 0°F.
This very early blooming plant has a somewhat open and spreading
growth habit. The new mahogany-colored foliage matures to smoothtextured,
glossy dark green leaves. Small clusters of funnel-shaped white
flowers with a red eye completely cover this plant. 8”- 10”
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