Proven Performers for District Ten Chapters
Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Tennessee and North and South Carolina
The ARS Public Education Committee asked chapters to compile lists of the best performing rhododendrons in their areas. The lists below give plants with good form, foliage and flowers that are hardy and resistant to pests and diseases for the given area. The listed plants have proven their ability to perform well in members‘ gardens and are recommended to others.
| Azalea Chapter (Georgia & Florida); USDA Zone 7b Plant descriptions (Elepidotes and Lepidotes) |
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| Elepidotes: ‘Anah Kruschke’ ‘Anna Rose Whitney’ ‘Arthur Bedford’ ‘Caroline’ ‘County of York’ ‘Cynthia’ ‘Dexter’s Giant Red’ ‘Dexter’s Purple’ ‘English Roseum’ ‘Grace Seabrook’ ‘Janet Blair’ ‘Mrs. Tom H. Lowinsky’ ‘Nestucca’ ‘Parker’s Pink’ ‘Platinum Pearl’ ‘Roseum Elegans’ ‘Scintillation’ ‘Taurus’ ‘Todmorden’ ‘Trude Webster’ ‘Van Nes Sensation’ ‘Vivacious’ ‘Wheatley’ |
Lepidotes: ‘Anna Baldsiefen’ ‘Dora Amateis’ ‘Manitou’ ‘Olga Mezitt’ ‘Windbeam’ R. keiskei R. minus var. chapmanii |
Deciduous Azaleas: ‘Gibraltar’ ‘Hazel Hamilton’ ‘My Mary’ R. alabamense R. arborescens R. atlanticum R. austrinum R. calendulaceum R. canescens R. flammeum R. periclymenoides R. prunifolium R. vaseyi |
| Birmingham & Chattahoochee Chapters (Birmingham, Northern Alabama & West Central Georgia) USDA Zone 7 and 8 Plant descriptions (Elepidotes and Lepidotes) |
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| Elepidotes: ‘Blue Ensign’ ‘Caroline’ ‘Cynthia’ ‘Dexter’s Purple’ ‘Francesca’ ‘Janet Blair’ ‘Mardi Gras’ ‘Nova Zembla’ ‘Red Eye’ ‘Ruby Bowman’ ‘Scintillation’ ‘Taurus’ ‘Vivacious’ ‘Vulcan’ R. catawbiense |
Lepidotes: ‘Anna Baldsiefen’ ‘Dora Amateis’ ‘Manitou’ ‘Olga Mezitt’ ‘Windbeam’ R. keiskei R. minus var. chapmanii |
Deciduous Azaleas: ‘Gibraltar’ ‘Hazel Hamilton’ ‘My Mary’ R. arborescens R. alabamense R. atlanticum R. austrinum R. calendulaceum R. canescens R. flammeum R. periclymenoides R. prunifolium R. vaseyi
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| Southeastern, William Bartram, Piedmont Chapters (North & South Carolina & Eastern Tennessee) USDA Zone 8) Plant descriptions (Elepidotes and Lepidotes) |
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Lepidotes: ‘Chapmanii Wonder’ ‘Dora Amateis’ ‘Ginny Gee’ ‘Manitou’ ‘Mary Fleming’ ‘Olga Mezitt’ ‘Patty Bee’ ‘Ramapo’ ‘Southland’ ‘Windbeam’ ‘Yellow Eyes’ PJM Group R. keiskei R. minus |
Deciduous Azaleas: ‘Buzzard’ ‘Evening Glow’ ‘Gibraltar’ ‘Homebush’ ‘Klondike’ ‘Marydel’ ‘Mount Saint Helen’ Choptank Series Northern Lights Series R. alabamense R. atlanticum R. austrinum R. bakeri (cumberlandense) R. calendulaceum R. canescens R. flammeum (speciosum) R. molle ssp. japonicum |
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