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) 

 Purpufeum 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) 

 Rhododendron japonicum (Azalea 



mollis) 

 Rhododendron canescens (Azalea -ca- 



nescens) 

 Rhododendron calendulaceum (Azalea 



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 calyculata 



Leather-leaf 

 Chimaphila maculata 



Pipsissewa 

 Chimaphila umbellata 



Pipsissewa 



