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A plant admired for its beautiful silver-green foliage. The plant habit is
dense, rounded and branches well. The pink/white bell-shaped flowers
have red freckling.
Exbury Form - beautiful silver-green foliage. (Fall 2014) 8”- 10”
Dwarf form - gray-olive green leaves. (1’) 4”- 6” $15.00
R. quinquefolium s. Azalea s.s. Schlippenbachii (Japan)
Some Shade Low 2’ Mid-April White -5°F.
This is an extremely difficult plant to locate, as it must be grown from
seed. Snowy white 2” trumpet-shaped pendulous flowers are held in
clusters of 1-3, beautifullly covering this finely-branched, compact
deciduous azalea, shrouded with 2” widely elliptic medium green leaves
with red margins. (Limited) 6”- 8” $35.00
∗R. racemosum s. scabrifolium (China, Szechwan 6,000-14,000 ft.)
Sun or Part Shade Low 3’ Late April Pink -5°F.
This upright and somewhat mounding plant displays 2” long glossy
rounded leaves exhibited on red stems. The small 1” funnel-shaped white
tinged pink flowers occur along the upper area of the stem. 10”- 12”
R. radicans s. Saluenense (S. E. Tibet 14,000-15,000 ft.)
Sun or Part Shade Dwarf 1’ Late April Purple -10°F.
This very prostrate and creeping plant roots as the branches touch the
ground. A profusion of small polished green leaves above and dense redbrown
scales below are narrowly lance-shaped. Small purple or deep
magenta bell-shaped flowers. 4”- 6” $20.00, 6”- 8” $25.00
∗R. recurvoides s. Taliense s.s. Roxieanum (Burma 11,000 ft.)
Sun of Part Shade Low 2’ Late April White to Rose -10°F.
A rounded silhouette of modest stature, amply clothed with elegant 3”
long deep green leaves, narrow and pointed, undercoated with a thick
covering of cinnamon indumentum. The spring juvenile foliage is ornamented
with silvery-colored leaves, heavily textured. Trumpet-shaped,
compact blooms of white to blush rose, with scarlet freckling are presented
in trusses of 7. Exbury Form. 10”- 12”
∗R. rex s. Falconeri. (China - Szechwan 10,000-11,000 ft.)
Some Shade Tall 6’ Late April Rose to White -5°F.
A tree-like plant that has extremely large glossy dark green 18” long
leaves. The leaf underside has a silvery, light buff or bronze indumentum.
The rose to blushed-white tubular bell-shaped flowers with a ruby
eye are held in large trusses up to 30 flowers each. Wait approximately
15 years for the plant to bloom. (Fall 2014) 10”- 12”
R. rigidum s. Triflorum s.s. Yunnanense. (China - Yunnan, Szechwan
2,600-11,000 ft.)
Sun or Part Shade Medium 5’ Late April White to Pink -5°F.
An upright and spreading plant displaying in great profusion white to
pink or bright rosy-lavender, widely funnel-shaped flowers beautifully
poised in loose clusters, totally covering the 2½” long elliptic pale bluish-green
leaves above and scaly below.
Album - white blooms that are very attractive. 12”- 15”
∗R. roxieanum s. Taliense s.s. Roxieanum (China - Yunnan, Szechwan,
S. E. Tibet 11,000-14,000 ft.)
Sun or Part Shade Low 3’ Late April Creamy White -10°F.
This highly revered plant is nicely furnished with narrow 5” long lancelike
dark green leaves with heavily textured bronze colored indumentum
below. The well-branched dense and compact plant has beautiful juvenile
foliage covered with white tomentum gradually transcending to
beige tones. The l½” bell shaped blush white to creamy white flowers are
arranged in trusses up to 20.
Branklyn - A much larger and wider leaf form. 8”- 10”
Oreonastes - 8”- 10”
Recurvum - Bronze suede-like indumentum appears beneath this somewhat
narrow deep olive green leaf form. 12”- 15”
R. rubiginosum s. Heliolepis (Szechwan, Yunnan, S.E. Tibet 7,500-
14,000 ft.)
Sun or Part Shade Tall 6’ Late April Pink to Rose 0°F.
Growth habit is open and upright, with distinctive, scaly, purplish new
growth. Lance shaped leaves are a smooth dull green on top, covered
densely with reddish brown scales underneath. Funnel-bell-shaped flowers
are pink, rose or rosy lilac, spotted brown, and carried in tursses of
4-8. 15”- 18”
R. russatum s. Lapponicum (China, Szehwan 11,000-14,000 ft.)
Sun or Part Shade Low 3’ Late April Blue-Purple -15°F.
A low growing, somewhat upright and open plant habit exhibiting dark
green oval leaves with thickly covered rust colored scales beneath. The
widely funnel-shaped blooms range in color from royal purple, deep
blue, or pink to rose held in trusses from 4-10. 10”- 12”
var. Dwarf - a lower growing plant to 2’. 10”- 12”
R. sargentianum s. Anthopogon (Szechwan 9,000-11,000 ft.)
Sun or Part Shade Dwarf 1’ Late April Pale Yellow -5°F.
This very compact, dwarf growing plant has small, oval, aromatic leaves
that are bright shiny green with a network of veins on the top side and
densely scaly on the undersides. Tubular pale lemon yellow flowers with
spreading lobes are held in loose clusters of 2-5. (Fall 2014) 8”- 10”
R. seminoides - s. Grande (S. E. Tibet 12,000-13,000 ft.
Some Shade Medium 5’ Late March White -5°F.
Bold, sturdy stems behold large 12” oblong-oval, textured, hairless,
matte green leaves above and woolly pale brown indumentum beneath,
silhouetting an open growing, vigorous and upright plant. Large blooms
of 15-20 trumpet-shaped 2” long flowers are primarily white or veiled
rose, accented by a red flare within. (Fall 2014) 8”- 10”
∗R. schlippenbachii s. Azalea s.s. Schlippenbachii. (Korea, Manchuria,
bordering area of Russia)
Some Shade Medium 4’ Late April Pink -25°F.
A plant much revered by all who view it. Elegant and delicate light pale
pink blooms are held in clusters of 3-6 flowers, covering this plant every
year. The plant habit is rounded and spreading, branching well with dull
green leaves that change in the fall to a golden-orange color. See
Deciduous Azalea Section.
R. simiarum ssp. argyrophylla s. Arboreum s.s Argyrophyllum (China
Szechwan 6,000-9,000 ft.)
Sun or Part Shade Medium 5’ Mid-April Pink 0°F.
Amply clothed with lustrous woodland green leaves above and underscored
with silver-white beneath, surround this well-branching, upright
super-structure. Bell-shaped pink to white veiled pink blooms are
accented with dark red freckling within. 12”- 15”
R. smirnowii s. Ponticum s.s. Caucasicum (Caucasus & N. E. Asia)
Sun or Part Shade Low 3’ Late May Pink -10°F.
The smooth textured 6” elliptic dark green slightly convex leaves have
thickly covered tan indumentum. The growth habit is somewhat upright
and open. The 2” bell-shaped pale to rosy pink, blooms are arranged in
trusses of 10-12. 12”- 15”
R. sphaeroblastum s. and s.s. Taliense (Szechwan 11,000-14,000 ft.)
Sun or Part Shade Medium 4’ Late April White -5°F.
Young growth on this plant is smooth and hairless, either greenish or
purple. Leaves are oval or oblong-oval, olive green above with a heavy,
woolly, rusty indumentum below. Buds with a rosy blush open to funnelbell-shaped
flowers that are white, spotted crimson and held in trusses of
up to 12. 12”- 15”
R. spicferum s. Scabrifolium (China - Yunnan)
Sun Low 3’ Late April Pink to White +5°F.
The growth habit is casual with an unobstructed promenade of soft hairy
stems supporting very narrow, somewhat textured foliage with scaly leaf
surfaces below and deep veining. Veiled pink-white to pale or dark rose
funnel-shaped blooms are structured in clusters of 1-4 and appear along
branches and leaf terminals. (Fall 2014) 6”- 8”
∗R. stenopetalum ‘Linearifolium’ s. Azalea s.s. Obtusum. (Japan)
Sun or Part Shade Low 3’ Early May Lavender-Pink +5°F.
This semi-evergreen, low growing plant has 2 leaf forms - spring and
summer. The spring leaves are small somewhat less thread-like than
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
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