Dense, upright, evergreen rhododendron. Violet buds open into lavender flowers with some reddish/pale brown spots. Large, broad leaves.

Wavy-edged deep green foliage and dark purple flowers at the end of May.

Broadleaf, dark green evergreen foliage and rosy-lavender flowers in late spring.

A dense, compact habit and narrow deep dark green foliage. Later blooming, toward the end of May, it’s covered with big trusses of white flowers with yellow centers.

Lightly-fragrant white trumpet-shaped flowers with a coppery-bronze spot in mid spring. It has large, dark green foliage and an upright spreading habit.

Large, ball-shaped trusses of lightly scented orange flowers in spring.

Large and  deliciously fragrant flowers of coral-pink. A Rhododendron prinophyllum hybrid from Frank Abbott of Saxtons River VT.

Very showy bright red flowers in spring.

Peach buds open to lemon yellow flowers in mid-July.

Very fragrant pink flowers with yellow flares in mid-June.

Deep red flowers in summer with glaucous blue-green, mildew-resistant foliage. Bred at Weston’s Nursery in Massachusetts.

A late-blooming azalea hybrid developed at Carlson’s Gardens. Red buds open to luscious coral-orange blossoms from late July into August.  This has done well here at Rocky Dale and blooms for a long time!

Fragrant pale pink flowers in late June. From Weston Nursery.

Fragrant bright rose-pink flowers in late May. A very hardy and reliable ‘Lights’ azalea.

Very fragrant white flowers in late June. Fall color is burgundy.

Dome shaped flower heads of a deep rosy pink with an orange central blotch. Blooms late-midseason.

Masses of coral-pink flowers in early May. A small-leaved, compact variety that is very hardy and reliable.

Covers itself in early spring with double white flowers. A small-leaved variety that is compact and tidy.

Beautiful, frilly lemon-yellow flowers. Dense, mounding habit. Considered one of David Leach’s best yellows. Large-leaved.

Blushed lilac buds open to pure white flowers in May. An old, very hardy large-leaved variety.

Pink buds open to white blooms May. Large leaves with beige indumentum. Typical low mounding form of a Yak hybrid.

A low-mounding, small-leaved cultivar with yellow flowers tinged with pink.  Foliage is bronze green deepening to a darker bronze in winter.

A Weston Nursery introduction. Deep reddish-purple flowers in early spring on a low, mounding plant. Small-leaved. Foliage on this plant is a coppery green color that deepens to an almost blackish brown color for fall and winter.

An old and reliable variety with deep magenta-red blooms. Large-leaved.

Light pink blooms in spring. An upright-growing, small-leaved semi-evergreen cultivar.

A small leafed cultivar superior in all ways to the original with a later bloom time so those late frosts are not a worry. Purple flowers in early spring.

Small bluish-green leaves and masses of small violet flowers.

White flowers edged in apricot mid-spring, fading to pink over time. Lovely multicolored effect in spring. Small-leafed. We’ve found this selection to be evergreen in our climate, though some sites list this as deciduous.

Attractive dark green, coarse foliage and dark pink flowers. Hardy to -30F.

Mound forming shrub with dark shiny foliage and bright pink blooms.

Dark shiny foliage with buds that unfurl to create a brilliant display of bright red blooms.

Very dwarf and unique with an interesting layered growth habit. Flowers are pale pink, tipped clear rose. Semi-evergreen.

Dense and small this azalea will cover itself in clouds of pink.

A rare form of this Rhododendron. White flowers on a dward semi-evergreen shrub appear in summer.

Bright, intense pink with a paler throat on a dwarf Rhodie.

Bright pink flowers with a paler throat on a dwarf shrub blooming in summer.

The “red-flowering PJM” with deep pink flowers early in the spring.

A lovely ‘Lights’ hybrid with two-toned yellow flowers in spring. Mildew-resistant.

Semi-dwarf Azalea with a profusion of deep lilac colored flowers in spring.

Dense, vigorous, mound-forming, evergreen shrub. Large, narrow, shiny, dark green foliage. Pink flowers open in late spring.

Light purple with a paler center and dark spots. Glossy deep green foliage.

Large waxen flowers with a color range of orange, yellow and salmon in spring.

Large trusses of clear pink flowers in late spring with small shiny evergreen leaves.

A small leaf evergreen Rhododendron has brilliant rosy-purple flowers covering the rounded compact shrub in spring.

Dense-growing evergreen that’s covered with lightly-fragrant pink flowers with golden freckles in mid-to-late spring.

This eastern native azalea has fragrant white to pale pink flowers with contrasting red stamens.  Blooms in late spring and the fall color is red to purple.  Grows fast with an open habit.

Star-like white flowers and gray-green foliage. Native to the swamps and bogs of the Northeast.

Rosy purple flowers in early spring before the leaves emerge. Try with forsythia!

Upright growing with the leaves in whorls around stems. Beautiful, fragrant soft pink flowers in spring just before the leaves. Doesn’t always bloom for us, but the foliage is worth it.

A form of a native azalea with delicate pink blooms. Fragrant flowers in June.  Upright habit.