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Evergreen Azalea Flower Arranger
Large, soft lilac semi-double flowers with a fluted edge in May up to 40mm. This is an excellent plant with a compact neat habit. Height 50-65cm in 10 years. It does like a sheltered position.
Ideal for containers and small gardens.
Easy to grow.
Group:Evergreen Azalea (Hyde hybrid).
Parentage: Unknown.
Hybridization date: pre 2000 (late 1960's).
Bred by: W.G.T. Hyde. Origin: British.
Habit:...
Evergreen Azalea Frosted Orange
This is a lovely plant with stunning large white flowers with a wide orange/reddish border. The flowers are up to 75mm wide, showing themselves later in the season in late May and June. It has a low mounding habit and is tolerant of more heat. Height 60-75cm in 10 years.
Ideal for containers and small gardens. Late flowers.
Easy to grow.
Group:Evergreen Azalea (American hybrid).
Parentage: 'Bunka'...
Evergreen Azalea Gaiety
Beautiful large pale pink flowers with a darker blotch (the flowers are 50-75mm wide). Flowering in May, early to mid season, this plant has a broad rounded habit. The American Glenn Dale hybrids were bred for their larger flower and ability to be cold hardy. This plant was voted one of the 'Top 20' in the Glen Dale hybrids survey of 1980. Height 60-80cm in 10 years.
Ideal for containers and small...
Evergreen Azalea General Wavell
(H5) Large deep orange pink flowers suffused yellow at the base, with red spotting on the upper lobes, and very distinctive wavy edged petals. Mid May flowering. Height 50-75cm in 10 years.
• Ideal for containers, most garden situations and front of borders.• Easy to grow.• Group: Evergreen Azalea.• Parentage: ‘Glory of Numazu’ X indicum.• Hybridization date: pre...
Evergreen Azalea Hanako
(H5) Mauve pink flowers with reddish spotting in May. Dense and compact with hairy growth. Height 50-75cm in 10 years.
syn. 'Takako' and 'Geisha Lilarosa'.
Evergreen Azalea Hatsu-giri
Abundant small pretty funnel-shaped bright purplish-crimson flowers 25mm across flowering in late April to early May. This is a dense low evergreen plant with small, narrow, dark green leaves. It grows wider than tall. Height 60-80cm in 10 years.
(Known as 'Normale' in Japan in the mid 19th century)
Ideal for small gardens and mixed borders.
Easy to grow.
Group:Evergreen Azalea (Kurume hybrid).
Parentage:...
Evergreen Azalea Heidi
(H5) Hardy evergreen shrub bearing large peony-shaped soft pink flowers with a pale almost white centre, on a neat compact bush. Flowering late April - May. Height 75-100cm in 10 years.
Evergreen Azalea Herbert
Reddish purple hose-in-hose (double) flowers with a darker purple blotch and frilled edges. Late May flowering. Attractive pointed and glossy leaves on a dense low spreading plant. A semi evergreen variety which drops its lower leaves in the Autumn/Winter. Height 50-75cm in 10 years.
Ideal for containers and small gardens.
Easy to grow.
Group:Evergreen Azalea (Gable hybrid).
Parentage:...
Evergreen Azalea Hino Crimson AGM
This popular plant has small bright crimson flowers in April and May. With abundant flowering, it has good glossy foliage that turns reddish in winter. Height 75-90cm in 10 years.
Ideal for containers and small gardens, including rock gardens and front of borders.
Easy to grow.
Group:Evergreen Azalea (Kurume hybrid).
Parentage: 'Amoenum' (s) X ' Hinodegiri'
Hybridization date: pre 1950 (1944).
Bred...
Evergreen Azalea Hinodegiri
(H4) Characterful and small, 25mm funnel shaped red flowers with deep red anthers forming a domed truss in early May. The leaves are glossy and mid green, on a dome shaped plant. Height 50-75cm in 10 years.
This is one of the original 'Wilson's 50' azaleas, Wilson no,42, collected in Japan by Ernest Wilson in 1917 and introduced to England as 'Red Hussar'. The Wilson 50 azaleas are not as tough as...
Evergreen Azalea Irohayama AGM
Very lovely small white flowers margined with pale lavender up to 40mm. It is very effective, giving a two tone colour that flowers in May. Height 60-80cm in 10 years.
This is one of the original 'Wilson's 50' azaleas, collected in Japan by Ernest Wilson in 1917 and introduced to England. It was known as 'Dainty' and was his no. 8. We think this is his best.
Ideal for containers and small gardens,...
Evergreen Azalea Izumi-no-mai
(H5). Beautiful pinky-red funnel shaped flowers with a white centre. Flowering in May with delightful and dainty 30mm wide flowers and suitable for bonsai or in the landscape. Height 50-75cm in 10 years.
• Ideal for containers and most garden situations, including rock gardens and front of borders.• Easy to grow.• Parentage: Satsuki x Kurume type.• Hybridization date: pre 2000...
Evergreen Azalea Johanna AGM
Superb large carmine red flowers in May. This plant is one of the best azaleas for autumn foliage, with dark shiny leaves turning dark red in winter. We love it because it looks good all year. Highly recommended! Height 75-90cm in 10 years.
Ideal for containers and small gardens and fabulous foliage.
Easy to grow.
Group: kaempferi (hybrid).
Parentage: 'Florida' (s) X seedling
Hybridization date:...
Evergreen Azalea Juliette STANDARD
(H6) Soft red to salmon red flower, 3-4cm across, in late May. Also known as Hachmann’s Juliette in international registers, is a Japanese azalea bred by Holger Hachmann in 1990 as a cross between Squirrel and Chippewa, introduced in 2004. The evergreen leaves are small, narrowly elliptic, dark green, and glossy. These Standards have a clear stem of approximately 15cm, with a nice colourful head...
Evergreen Azalea kaempferi 'Damio'
This plant has lovely large (up to 50mm) deep orange pink flowers in June. A very hardy plant from Japan which is semi-evergreen in hard winters. Height 75-90cm in 10 years.
Please note this is a semi-evergreen variety and will drop loeaves in the colder months.
kaempferi is the most common native azalea of Japan and is treated as a species. It has proved to be an important parent in the development...
Evergreen Azalea Kirin
Lovely hose-in-hose (double) pink flowers shaded silvery-rose up to 25mm across. It has a low spreading habit. Height 60-75cm in 10 years.
This is one of the best 50 azaleas selected by Ernest Wilson, known as 'Wilson's 50', from Japan and introduced by him in 1918. This variety is known as Wilson No. 22, or 'Daybreak'.
Ideal for containers. Great for cascading over walls.
Easy to grow.
Group:...
Evergreen Azalea kiusianum 'Hillier's Pink' AGM
Extremely attractive clear lilac pink flowers in May. Semi-dwarf prostrate plant from Japan which often loses leaves in winter but is very hardy. Height 45-60cm in 10 years.
kiusianum is one of the most common native azaleas of Japan and is treated as a species. This is a wonderful pink flowered clone hybridized by Hilliers Nursery.
Ideal for cascading over walls .
Easy to grow.
Group:Evergreen...
Evergreen Azalea Liliatum
(H4) Large pure white star-shaped flowers during May with faint lines through the petals and occasional spotting, set off by prominent darker anthers. Soft green foliage forming a neat but informal mounded shape. Height 45-60cm in 10 years.
Rescued by reknowned Irish rhododendron nurseryman John Gault, from Lady Leitrim's garden at Mulroy Bay, not much is known about this old variety, but it is lovely...
Evergreen Azalea Madame van Hecke
A popular and reliable stunning profusion of small bright pink flowers. Flowering in early May, this is a very tough and easy growing plant that has an upright habit. Height and spread 75-90cm in 10 years.
Registered as Madame Albert van Hecke.
Ideal for containers and small gardens.
Easy to grow.
Group:Evergreen Azalea (kaempferi hybrid).
Parentage: 'Willy' X unknown.
Hybridization date: pre...
Evergreen Azalea Magic Flute
Prolific, vibrant purple-pink fluted, hose-in-hose (double) bell shaped flowers up to 40mm across. Flowering in May this is an exciting new introduction from the late George Hyde, an acknowledged Azalea breeder. It has an excellent compact and neat habit. Height 60cm in 10 years.
Ideal for containers and small gardens.
Easy to grow.
Group:Evergreen Azalea (Hyde hybrid).
Parentage: Unknown.
Hybridization...
Evergreen Azalea Maria Elena
(H5) Fully double rich pink flowers in May make this azalea different to others. Maria Elena is a dense, compact, rounded, evergreen shrub with small, elliptic and dark green leaves. It mixes well with other plants and stands out when in flower. Height 50-75 cm in 10 years.
• Recommended for fully double flowers, good ground cover and low maintenance.• Easy to grow.• Group: Evergreen...
Evergreen Azalea Martha Hitchcock
(H6) Distinctive huge deep pink-purple flowers with a prominent paler pink centre and darker spotting on the upper lobes. Really striking 75mm wide flowers during May, sometimes only magenta, and with or without the darker spotting. This azalea has an open spreading habit, and can be a little shy in flowering when young. Given warmer summer conditions, it is an excellent performer and well worth growing....
Evergreen Azalea Melina
Exceptional bright pink hose-in-hose (double) flowers up to 55mm across in late May and early June. This is a very hardy variety with a dense, compact, cushion-like habit. Height 30cm and spread 70cm in 10 years.
Ideal for containers and cascading over walls.
Easy to grow.
Group: Evergreen Azalea (German hybrid).
Parentage: 'Rubinstern' x 'Rubinetta' X 'Johanna'.
Hybridization date: pre 2000...
Evergreen Azalea Merlin
Wonderful large pale mauvey purple flowers 65-75mm wide, with deeper speckles in May. This plant has dense twiggy growth and is sometimes nearly deciduous in cold climates in the winter. It is vigorous and has a broad spreading habit. Height 60-80cm in 10 years.
Ideal for smaller gardens.
Easy to grow.
Group:Evergreen Azalea (Glenn Dale hybrid).
Parentage: yedoense var. poukhanense (s) X 'Modele'
Hybridization...
Evergreen Azalea nakaharae AGM (orange form)
Lovely funnel-shaped orange red flowers during June-July. This is a very dwarf plant with a dense, creeping habit. An ideal plant for rockeries. Height and spread 30-40cm in 10 years.
nakaharae (or nakaharai) is a native azalea from Taiwan and is treated as a species. It has been used very successfully as parent to many of the more dwarf creeping hybrids. Seeds were first introduced in America in...
Evergreen Azalea nakaharae Mount Seven Star AGM
Wonderful funnel shaped brick red flowers around 55mm across. Flowering in June-July this is a great little plant that really extends the flowering season. Mount Seven Star is very dwarf selection of nakaharae with a dense, creeping habit. Height and spread 30-40cm in 10 years.
Originally raised from seed collected by C.S. Kuo on Mount Seven Star in Taiwan in 1969, and selected as an excellent dwarf...
Evergreen Azalea Niagara AGM
Wonderful large white wavy edged flowers with a faint yellow green eye in the centre. Flowering in mid May, we think this is one of the best white flowered varieties. Dense bushy upright habit, and attractive pale green leaves. Height 60-80cm in 10 years.
Ideal for small gardens and mixed borders.
Easy to grow.
Group:Evergreen Azalea (Glenn Dale hybrid).
Parentage: 'Lilacinum' x 'Willy' (s) X...
Evergreen Azalea Orange King AGM
Beautiful orange red flowers with faint darker markings. Flowering in May we love this plant for it's gorgeous glowing colour. Happy in some sun. Height 50-75cm in 10 years.
Note: there is a different hybrid with the same name bred by Mayo in America.
Ideal for containers and small gardens.
Easy to grow.
Group:Evergreen Azalea (kaempferi hybrid).
Parentage: Unknown
Hybridization date: pre 2000...
Evergreen Azalea Parfait
(H6) With very pale pink to white flowers that have a deep red spotting we think this is a stunning plant. Lightly scented flowers are up to 50mm in May. One of the few scented Evergreen Azaleas! Height 75-90cm in 10 years.
Ideal for fragrance.
Easy to grow.
Group:Evergreen Azalea (Harris hybrid).
Parentage: 'Sherwoodii' X 'Fedora'
Hybridization date: pre 2000 (before 1981).
Bred by: J. D....
Evergreen Azalea Peppina
(H5) Attractive mauve-violet flowers with prominent wine red blotch and speckles on the upper lobes. The flowers are about 55mm wide and the edges are recurved backwards which displays the markings well. Very floriferous in late May. It's from Hachmann's in Northern Germany, so it's very hardy. Height 30cm and spread 60cm in 10 years.
This variety is a semi-evergreen, so will drop some of its leaves...
Evergreen Azalea Pink Pancake AGM
This gorgeous plant has large pink wavy edged flowers in June-July. A very spreading prostrate plant matching its pancake name! Ideal for baskets, tubs, and raised beds, where it will cascade over the edge. It has stunning large flowers 45mm x 60mm and a creeping habit. 75-90cm spread in 10 years.
Ideal for containers and small gardens, including rock gardens and raised beds. Great to extend the...
Evergreen Azalea Pleasant White
A very pleasant white Azalea! Icey white flowers on a tough neat growing plant. Large flowers up to 65mm appear in mid May. Height 50-75cm in 10 years.
Ideal for containers and small gardens.
Easy to grow.
Group:Evergreen Azalea (American hybrid).
Parentage: 'Kathy Ann' X ''Clara Marie'
Hybridization date: pre 2000 (1966).
Bred by: P.E. Girard. Origin: American.
Habit: Dense mound.
Ideal...
Evergreen Azalea Salmon's Leap
One of the few variegated Evergeen azaleas that we think is worth a place in any garden with excellent deep pink flowers during May. Stunning and beautiful variegated foliage, especially in Spring. It does require a more sheltered position and protection from severe frosts. Height 40-60cm in 10 years.
Ideal for stunning foliage.
Plantsman range.
Group:Evergreen Azalea (Kurume hybrid).
Parentage:...
Evergreen Azalea Scout
(H5) Large light orangey red flowers in late April and early May. A Glenn Dale Azalea from America which grows broader than tall in habit. A good strong growing plant. Height 50-75cm in 10 years.
• Ideal for containers, most garden situations and front of borders.• Easy to grow.• Group: Evergreen Azalea.• Parentage: ‘Malvaticum’ (s) X indicum (deep salmon-flowered...
Evergreen Azalea serpyllifolium albiflorum
(H6) A rare plant with single small white flowers at the ends of wiry little branches, in May. A quaint and pretty little shrub from Southern Japan, with small leaves. Height 25-50cm in 10 years.
Low evergreen azalea, though mainly deciduous in winter. It grows to 75cm high, with slender stems covered with appressed, linear, dark brown bristles, that point towards the end of the shoot. Leaves narrowly...
Evergreen Azalea serpyllifolium Pink Form
(H6) A rare plant with single, small pale pink to rose coloured flowers at the ends of wiry little branches, in May. A quaint and pretty little shrub from Southern Japan, with small leaves. This plant responds well to being trimmed to keep it more compact and bushier. This plant like the warmer summers to help ripen the new shoots. Mainly deciduous in colder winters. Height 25-50cm in 10 years.
Evergreen Azalea Shelley
Lovely very large, bright deep pink flowers in May. Raised by the late George Hyde, a noted Dorset Azalea breeder. Height 40-60cm in 10 years.
Ideal for containers and small gardens.
Easy to grow.
Group:Evergreen Azalea (Hyde hybrid).
Parentage: Unknown.
Hybridization date: pre 2000 (between 1960-1970).
Bred by: W.G.T. Hyde. Origin: British.
Habit: Compact.
Ideal position: Most garden situations.
Ideal...
Evergreen Azalea Shiko Lavender
(H4) Choice large lavender pink flowers in May, with tan coloured spotting in the throat, on a neat and compact growing plant. Variable flowers, with sports of white or lavender on the same plant, and occasional petaloid stamens to add greater interest! Height 25-50cm in 10 years.
Ideal for containers and most garden situations, including rock gardens and front of borders. Suitable for bonsai.
Easy...
Evergreen Azalea Snow Hill AGM
Lovely large white flowers with a pale greenish yellow eye up to 70mm across, flowering in May. A good bushy plant with a spreading habit and pale green leaves. Height 40-60cm in 10 years. One of the best white azaleas which performs well, and one of our favourites.
Ideal for containers. Great for cascading over walls.
Easy to grow.
Group: Evergreen Azalea (Southern Indica hybrid).
Parentage:...
Evergreen Azalea Snow White
Lovely large white flowers tinged yellowish green in the throat up to 40mm across flowering in May. Height 80cm in 10 years with a spreading habit. A semi evergreen variety which drops its lower leaves in the Autumn/Winter. Also known as 'Schneewittchen'.
Ideal for small gardens and rock gardens.
Easy to grow.
Group:Evergreen Azalea (German hybrid).
Parentage: 'Kermesina' (s) X 'John Cairns'
Hybridization...
Evergreen Azalea Squirrel AGM
Bright scarlet, long-lasting flowers (up to 30mm), which hold their colour well. A good late flowering variety for June. An excellent tough and very hardy plant from Scotland, with a dense low growing habit. Height 40-60cm in 10 years.
Ideal for containers. Great for cascading over walls and to extend the flowering season.
Easy to grow.
Group: Evergreen Azalea (nakaharae hybrid).
Parentage: 'Galathea'...
Evergreen Azalea Star Style Lilac
(H4) This is a wonderful New Azalea stenopetalum ‘Linearfolium’ hybrid which produces of the more unusual Azalea flowers, this plant produces bright lilac star shaped flowers. Each flower is made up of long thin petals which look like lilac leaves. When in flower the plant is almost completely covered, leaving very little of the foliage visible. The Star Style azaleas form a dense compact...
Evergreen Azalea stenopetalum 'Linearifolium'
Unusual long, narrow strap-like leaves and flowers, which are rose-lilac, with darker markings flowering in April-May. stenopetalum Linearifolium is very distinctive. However, the stems and branches are brittle, and require protection from wind, frost & passing animals! Height 40-60cm in 10 years.
Ideal for stunning foliage.
Plantsman range.
Group: Evergreen Azalea (stenopetalum hybrid).
Parentage:...
Evergreen Azalea Truus
(H5) Large white star shaped flowers in May contrast with bright apple green foliage on a wide spreading plant. An interesting older Dutch hybrid, bred from R. mucronatum. Height 25-50cm in 10 years.
Bred by Felix and Dijkhuis, and finally registered in 1958.
• Ideal for containers, most garden situations and front of borders.• Easy to grow.• Group: Evergreen Azalea.• Parentage:...
Evergreen Azalea Tuffet
Red to deep pink flowers in June on a very neat and small growing plant with a tuffet like habit. This plant is perfect for small pots and rockeries. Height and spread 25-50cm in 10 years.
Bred by the late Ian Fitzroy, a specialist nurseryman in Sussex, as part of his prostrate Azalea breeding programme. He never Registered this plant, but it is far too good to loose, and it makes a fine tribute to...
Evergreen Azalea Valentine Surprise
Stunning large apricot pink flowers, almost white in the centre, giving a distinct two tone effect. Flowering in May this is a recent introduction which is becoming very popular, especially for that special day in February! Great winter foliage on a compact plant with a spreading habit. Height 60cm in 10 years.
Ideal for containers. Great for cascading over walls.
Easy to grow.
Group: Evergreen...
Evergreen Azalea Willy
(H6) Large clear electric pink flowers in May. This is a vigorous tough old variety, with light autumn tints. Height 60-75cm in 10 years.
Please note this is a semi-evergreen variety and will drop leaves in the colder months.
Ideal for containers and small gardens.
Easy to grow.
Group:Evergreen Azalea (kaempferi hybrid).
Parentage: unknown.
Hybridization date: pre 2000 (before 1939).
Bred...
Evergreen Azalea Wombat AGM
Large bright cerise pink flowers up to 50mm, which are long lasting during June. An excellent hardy introduction from Scotland which forms a neat prostrate low mounded shape. Height and spread of 40-60cm in 10 years.
Ideal for rock gardens and cascading over walls and to extend the flowering season.
Easy to grow.
Group: Evergreen Azalea (nakaharae hybrid).
Parentage: nakaharae 'Mariko' X 'Gaiety'
Hybridization...