SEMMES NURSERIES - Semmes, Alabama 

HARDY JAPANESE AZALEAS, continued 
AMCENA. One of the hardiest, compact growers, with 
small leaves and rather small rosy purple hose-in-hose 
flowers. Can stand a great deal of neglect. 
FLAME. Bright orange-red flowers early in season. This 
is one of the best of this group. Very showy, with good 
foliage. 
HARDY FIREFLY. Compact-growing, very hardy 
Azalea, with good-sized single flowers of most brilliant 
fiery red. One of the very best. Sizes to 10 to 12 in. 
HINOMAYO. Fast-growing, upright branches are clothed 
with small, light-colored leaves. Soft pink flowers of a 
beautiful shade completely hide the plant. Blooms early. 
Sizes to 10 to 12 in. 
INDICA ROSEA (Magnifica). Fast grower, with large, 
hairy leaves and big single white flowers tinted with rose. 
KAEMPFERI. This Evergreen Azalea will lose its leaves 
farther north, where it can stand the winters of Boston 
without any protection, and does splendidly in the Lower 
South, making large plants. The big, single, red flowers 
are borne profusely rather Jate In season. Sizes to 12 to 
18 in. Kaempferi Hybrids: Cleopatra, Fedora, Carmen, 
Othello. 
LILACINA (Akebono, meaning “dawn’’). Delicate lilac 
shade of orchid—the color of the eastern sky at dawn. 
Strong grower with large leaves. 
MACRANTHA. Compact grower with roundish leaves 
and single, medium-sized, pink flowers late in season. 
Very hardy. Here in Mobile this variety usually blooms 
in May and June, thus extending the Azalea season. 
MACRANTHA, Orange-Red. Similar to above,with narrow 
leaves and orange-red flowers. Very good. Blooms late, 
at same time as the pink Macrantha. 
MACRANTHA, Double-flowering. One of the above type, 
with double pink flowers of good size. Late blooming; 
very hardy. This group of Macranthas is becoming 
more popular every year. 
MAXWELLI. Leaves and flowers are as large as most of 
the Indicas and the carmine-red, single flowers are big 
and very attractive. 
VESUVIUS. Large, bright orange-red, single flowers. 
Good grower, with dark green leaves. 
YAYEGIRI. Fast grower with shiny narrow leaves and 
beautiful salmon-red hose-in-hose flowers in midseason. 
Very young and profuse bloomer. 
Prices of Hardy Japanese Azaleas: 
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