Large yellow blooms marked with an orange blotch.  Fall color is a coppery bronze.

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

A late-blooming azalea hybrid developed at Carlson’s Gardens. Hot coral flowers on a vigorous plant. Blooms late June into July.

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.

A hardy ‘Lights’ cultivar with mandarin-orange flowers in spring.

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

Fragrant double lemon yellow flowers in spring on an upright shrub.

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.

Pale pink buds open to blush-white flowers in this lovely hardy “Lights” hybrid.

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.

Slow-growing and compact to 5′ with large pure white flowers. One of the hardiest of the large-leaved types.

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. An old, very hardy large-leaved variety.

Large trusses of white flower with yellow centers in spring. Foliage is narrow and dark green and habit is dense and compact.

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

Pink buds open to large trusses of white flowers freckled with yellow-green to brown.  Habit is dense and foliage is dark green.

A floriferous, hardy dark purple rhododendron with attractive dark green foliage bred in New Hampshire by Joe Parks.

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.

A slow-growing, small-leaved compact form with white flowers blushed pink in early spring.

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

Cream blooms are brushed with pink and apricot. Compact mounded form with dark green foliage.

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.

A University of Helsinki intro bred for large leaves, showy blooms and and very hardy flower buds.  Lavender-pink buds open to light pink blooms that mature to white.  Habit is compact.

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

Dark violet-purple flowers on large trusses. A large-leaved form with a dense, rounded habit.

White flowers with striking dark purple blotches in spring. Large-leaved variety with an upright open habit.

Large trusses of striking red-purple flowers over glossy foliage in late spring.

White flowers edged in apricot, fading to pink over time. Lovely multicolored effect in spring. Small-leafed.

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.

These are plants from seed collected by one of our customers from the mountains of Virginia.  They’ve been growing in South Starksboro!  Bright red-orange flowers in late June/early July.

Large, wide growing New England native with late spring pink flowers.

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

Blooms in late April with clear pink flowers before the leaves emerge. A bright pop of color in early spring. Lovely with white narcissus.

A VT native shrub with pink flowers in May and a wonderful clove scent. The habit is upright and rounded in full sun.

A triploid form of the Vermont native species with larger, clear pink fragrant flowers.

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

A native azalea with delicate, fragrant lavender-pink blooms that open in June.  Habit is loose and open.  Great for wet locations.

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

Considered one of the best ‘Yak’ hybrids. Heavily indumented large leaves. Pink flowers fade to white. Habit compact and mounding.

Beautiful foliage with silvery indumentum on the new growth. Lovely pink flowers.