252 THE COMPLETE GARDEN 



E. Broad-leaved Evergreens. 



a. Rhododendrons and azaleas: 



Hybrids. 



Album elegans (light blush) 

 Album grandiflora (light blush) 

 Alexander Dancer (light rose) 

 Atrosanguineum (blood red early) 

 Caractacus (rich purplish crimson) 

 Charles Bagley (cherry red, late) 

 Charles Dickens (bright scarlet, 



early) 

 C. S. Sargent (rich crimson) 

 Lady Armstrong (pale rose — best 



pink) 

 Mrs. C. S. Sargent (bright pink — simi- 

 lar to Everestianum) 

 Mrs. Milner (rich crimson) 

 Roseum elegans (deep rosy purple) 

 Boule de Neige (best dwarf white) 

 Caerulescens (pale lilac blue) 

 Everestianum (rosy lilac — the best) 

 F. L. Ames (pale pink) 

 Guido (rich crimson) 

 H. W. Sargent (crimson, late) 

 James Bateman (rich scarlet) 

 Kettledrum (deep red, late) 

 Lady Grey-Edgerton (light mauve, 



very fine) 

 Old Port (rich crimson) 

 Purpureum grandiflorum (best purple, 

 late) 



Species. 

 Rhododendron maximum (white to pink 



— June to July — tall) 

 Rhododendron catawbiense (lilac to 



purple) 

 Rhododendron catawbiense album 



(white) 

 Rhododendron carolinianum (rose — 



June) Best dwarf 



Rhododendron arbutifolium (rich pink — 



July) 

 Rhododendron ferrugineum (carmine — 



June to August) 

 Rhododendron hirsutum (Pink — June 



to August) (Does not dislike lime) 

 Rhododendron myrtifolium (Deep rosy 



pink — July) 

 Rhododendron smirnovi (Rosy red — 



May) 

 Rhododendron azaleoides (Fragrant pink 



— May and June) 

 Rhododendron campanulatum (Lilac — 



June) 



Azaleas (Hardy except in windswept 

 locations) 



Rhododendron obtusum amoenum 

 (Purple — May) (Azalea amoena) 



Rhododendron canadense (Rhodora 

 canadensis) 



Rhododendron vaseyi (Azalea vaseyi) 



Rhododendron nudiflorum (Azalea 

 lutea) 



japonicum (Azalea 



canescens (Azalea ca- 

 calendulaceum (Azalea 



Rhododendron 



mollis) 

 Rhododendron 



nescens) 

 Rhododendron 



calendula) 

 Rhododendron arborescens (Azalea ar- 



borescens) 

 Rhododendron viscosum (Azalea viscosa) 

 Rhododendron kaempferi (Rhododen- 

 dron indicum kaempferi) 

 Rhododendron morteri (Azalea ganda- 



vensis) 

 Rhododendron ledifolium (Azalea ledi- 



folia) 



b. Other broad-leaved evergreens which should be tried: 



Andromeda polifolia 



Wild Rosemary 

 Arctostaphylos uva-ursi 



Bearberry 

 Aspidium acrostichoides 



Christmas Fern 

 Aubrietia deltoidea 



Purple Rock Cress 



Berberis sargentiana 



Evergreen Barberry 

 Chamaedaphne calycidata 



Leather-leaf 

 Chimaphila maculata 



Pipsissewa 

 Chimaphila umbellata 



Pipsissewa 



