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GREENBRIER NURSERIES . NORFOLK, VIRGINIA 
Azaleas 
T HERE does not seem to be any other family of plants that gives us the 
same great mass of color as the Azaleas. While there are several different 
families of these colorful flowers, all of them, given the necessary sour soil 
required, are comparatively easy to grow in their climatic zones. It pays to 
prepare the soil thoroughly before planting Azaleas. 
If you live in a limestone section it is absolutely necessary to prepare the 
soil, but if you live in a sour-soil country very little preparation is necessary. 
In a limestone soil several feet of soil should be removed and replaced with a 
mixture of leaf-mold, manure, and acid loam. Of course, soil can be made sour 
by the use of aluminum sulphate. It is a safe, reliable material for adding acid 
to the soil, and if you wish to prepare your ground in this manner use one-fourth 
to one-half pound to a square yard, worked well into the top-soil. Then, when 
setting plants under these conditions, at least a pint of the chemical should be 
added to each wheelbarrow load of soil. If you do not care to use the aluminum 
sulphate and prefer to make a sour soil, be sure that the beds are made up far 
enough away from the plants so that the roots will not get over into the alkaline 
soil. A dressing each year of leaf-mold is an excellent food for Azaleas but they 
will appreciate further feeding. Cottonseed meal is a fine fertilizer. Cow- 
manure is also a good fertilizer for Azaleas. In using the latter it is well to add a 
small amount of aluminum sulphate to be sure that the manure is acid enough. 
When they are happy, Azaleas increase in beauty from year to year and can 
be considered very permanent plants. 
We grow several groups of these fine plants and list below a considerable 
number. We have specimen plants of most of these varieties, prices of which 
will be furnished on request. 
We have also many other varieties of Azaleas in too small quantities to list, 
so if you do not find what you are looking for here, please write us. We may 
be able to supply your wants. 
KURUME AZALEAS 
The Kurume Azaleas are natives of Japan, where they were discovered by the 
late Dr. E. H. Wilson, Keeper of the Arnold Arboretum. They should be mulched 
well with hardwood leaves during winter. 
Coral Bells. A lovely coral-pink color, shad¬ 
ing deeper in the center. Medium-sized 
flowers, of the hose-in-hose type, profusely 
produced. Plants carry small, round, glossy 
foliage. 
Pink Pearl. Hose-in-hose type flowers of a 
lovely shade of salmon-rose, shading lighter 
in the center. Flowers come in quite large 
clusters. 
Snow. This lovely variety has large, pure 
white flowers, borne profusely in good-sized 
clusters. Plants have beautiful glossy green 
foliage. 
All Kurume Azaleas: 
6 to 8 in. 
8 to 10 in. 
10 to 12 in.. 
12 to 15 in. 
Each 
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HARDY EVERGREEN 
AZALEAS 
This group comprises varieties which 
are hardy quite far North. A few of 
them may need protection during our 
very severe winters, but if they are in 
a fairly sheltered position most of 
them will come through without 
trouble. They make a very gorgeous 
planting by themselves, especially when 
grouped on a slope. Then, too, they 
fit in nicely with other broad-leaved 
evergreens, and some of the smaller 
varieties are especially useful in the 
rock-garden. A liberal mulch of hard¬ 
wood leaves, such as oak, will protect 
their roots in winter and give them the 
kind of food they like. 
Amcena. Flowers of bright rosy purple are 
produced in a solid mass in May. The foli¬ 
age, which is very hairy, takes on a bronzy 
tint in the fall. 
Amcena superba. The dark purple flowers 
shade darker toward the center, while on 
the outside the purple shades to red. Hose- 
in-hose variety. Foliage is small, dark 
glossy green. Plants are compact and bushy. 
Benigiri. Deep bright red, almost scarlet 
flowers, freely produced on a plant with 
narrow, slightly concave evergreen leaves. 
Compact growth. 
Fujimoyo. The 2-inch, double flowers are 
pale pink-lilac. A very delightful variety. 
Hinodegiri. A rosy scarlet form of A. amcena. 
This is one of the most brilliant of all the 
dwarf Azaleas, and is a very profuse 
bloomer over a long period. Plants can be 
kept in dwarf condition. See cut on page 21. 
Hinomayo. Somewhat like Hinodegiri in 
habit, although the foliage is a little smaller 
and it blooms about the same time. The 
flowers are a clear soft shade of pink. This 
variety is almost but not quite evergreen. 
Indica alba (ledifolia alba). Grand variety 
with pure white flowers. Plants are vigorous 
growers and very profuse bloomers. 
Indica rosea (magnifica). A rose-colored 
variety of this type. The flowers are ex¬ 
ceedingly beautiful. 
Kaempferi. Very large, fire-red flowers in 
great masses. Plants are tall, bushy, and 
unusually hardy. This is one of the real 
colorful varieties. 
Kimnazoi. Single, orange-red flowers, \]/± 
inches across. Plants are vigorous, broad 
and bushy with extremely narrow foliage. 
Azalea indica. See page 20 
