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RARE, NEW JAPANESE AZALEAS 



T ERAL years ago, the United States Department of Agriculture imported from 

 Japan a number of new varieties of hardy, evergreen Azaleas. From these only the most 

 desirable were selected, and we were fortunate in being chosen as one of the original growers 

 to propagate these very rare and beautiful plants. All of them are outstanding in form, 

 flower, foliage, and habit of growth. Most of them bloom after the well known varie- 

 ties, such as Azalea amoena and Azalea hinodegiri, have finished blooming. This feature 

 alone adds tremendously to the present widespread popularity of these Azaleas. 



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AZALEA Beni Kirishima. 



old rose to pink. 



A. Carminata Splendens. Flowers deep pink. 



A. Gibiyama (77091). Pale purple. 



A. Ho-oden (77112). Large flowers, pink edged 

 with white. 



A. Koraini. Rose colored flowers, blotched with 

 dark red. 



A. Macrantha. Large single salmon red. 

 A. Osakazuki. Large rose pink flowers. 



Pink flowers with 



dark 



A. Satsuki (77087). 



blotch. 



A. Satsuki (77145). Large pink flowers, good 

 ground cover or rock garden plant. 



A. Satsuki (77104). Large pink flowers. 



A. Tama-no-ito. Flowers light rosaline purple, 

 very good foliage. 



A. Waraigish 



habit. 



Flowers deep rose pink. Erect 

 A. Yozakura. Large rose-purple flowers. 



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DECIDUOUS AZALEAS 



ECIDL'OUS AZALEAS, as a whole, including the native and foreign varieties, 

 cover a broad range of entrancing colors, most all of which are delightfully scented. In 

 fact few flowers possess a more pleasing fragrance than do certain of the deciduous Azaleas. 

 Most Azaleas grow naturally in shaded or semi-shaded positions, where they are protected 

 from the wind. In planting Azaleas the conditions under which they grow in their native 

 state should be duplicated as nearly as possible. 



Native American Azaleas 



AZALEA arborescens (Sneet Azalea). Native 

 of the Appalachian mountains. Large flowers are 

 white or flushed with pink and very fragrant. Blooms 

 in June about two or three weeks earlier than Azalea 

 viscosa. Very hardy, grows best on high ground. 



A. calendulacea (Flame Azalea.) The most 

 brilliant colored and the most dazzling of all is the 

 Flame Azalea with its great clusters of yellow-orange 

 and orange-scarlet flowers. When used in masses in 

 a naturalistic garden or in the border they bring a 

 color note in late May and early June long to be re- 

 membered. Will grow on dry banks, exposed to the 

 sun. In a bulletin of the Arnold Arboretum it is 

 called the most beautiful of all Azaleas. 



A. nudiflora (Pinxterbloom). The delicate, pink 

 fragrant flowers are known to everyone who has 

 roamed the countryside in the spring. This very 

 hardy native of the Appalachian Mountains is very 

 effective when planted in masses. 



A. rosea (Downy Pinxterbloom). One of the 



most outstanding native varieties. Flowers are a 

 lovely shade of unusually bright pink. Very fra- 

 grant, with a clove-like scent. Exceedingly hardy, 

 stands an alkaline or neutral soil where other native 

 Azaleas may fail. Blooms in late May. 



A. vaseyi (Pinkshell Azalea). Unexcelled for 

 beauty of its exquisite clear pink flowers. Very 

 hardy, desirable for colder regions. Delights in a 

 moist, well-drained location. Blooms in early May. 



A. viscosa (Swamp Azalea). This variety will 

 give you great masses of fragrant white flowers in 

 June and July, long after other Azaleas have ceased 

 to bloom. As indicated by the name, it prefers a 

 moist location. 



Japanese Deciduous Azaleas 



AZALEA dilatatum (Rose Azalea). Wry hardy 

 plant having unusual foliage, rhombic in shape. 

 Blooms very early in the season. Rose-purple to ma- 

 genta flowers are usually about 1}4" to l" across. 

 Very effective in masses, separated from other colors. 



A. dauricum mucronulatum (Korean Azalea). 



First of the hardy Azaleas to bloom in early April. 

 Charming lavender-pink flowers appear at the same 

 time as the Forsythia, with which it makes a won- 

 derful color combination in the spring garden. 



A. quinquefolium (Cork Azalea). Very hardy 

 plant, grows slowly. Large white flowers with green 

 spots at the base. Very attractive when in leaf and 

 flower. 



