Mid-Atlantic Gardening: Adkins Arboretum Native Plant Sale April 24,25, 26, 1 by coleup

coleup wrote:
Plants of note Native Azaleas/Rhodies

Shrub - Rhododendron atlanticum - coastal azalea (sale size: 18"-24" tall) $11.00

The leaves of R. atlanticum are distinctly blue-green. The small shrub only grows to 3' tall. Blooming in April-May and the flowers are generally white. Coastal azaleas prefers an acid soil, part shade and sandy, well-drained soil.
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Shrub - Rhododendron canescens 'Camilla's Blush' - piedmont azalea (sale size: 3 gallon, 18-24") $30.00

Best grown in acidic, humusy, organically rich, medium moisture, moisture-retentive but well-drained soils in part shade. Prefers a sun dappled or high open shade. Plant in a location protected from strong winter winds. Good soil drainage is essential - raised beds/plantings should be considered in heavy clay soils. Suckering shrub grows 6-8' tall. Light pink, fragrant flowers in April
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Shrub - Rhododendron periclymenoides - pinxterbloom azalea (sale size: 1 gallon, 12" tall) $20.00

Pinxterbloom azalea is a deciduous shrub that is native to moist woods, swamp margins. It is a dense, bushy, suckering shrub that typically grows 2-6’ tall. Clusters of soft pink to white to lavender, fragrant, funnel-shaped flowers, each with 5 long curved stamens, bloom in April immediately preceding the emergence of the foliage. Best grown in acidic, humusy, organically rich, medium moisture, moisture-retentive but well-drained soils in part shade.
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Shrub - Rhododendron viscosum - swamp azalea (sale size: 1 gallon) $15.00

This rhododendron blooms later than the others which gives you a long season of bloom. Swamp azalea is a low to medium-sized shrub flowering from mid-May to June. Flowers are generally white but can vary from white tinged with pink, yellow, or apricot. Deciduous. Acid well-drained soil, full sun to filtered sunlight. First North American azalea sent back to England in 1680.
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Shrub - Rhododendron x 'Choptank Rose' - azalea (sale size: 24-30" tall) $36.00

This is one of the plants selected by Polly Hill from a natural hybrid population found along the Choptank River on the Maryland-Delaware border. It is Zone 5 hardy and grows to about 5-6'. The flowers bloom in late May for us and they are rose pink and white with a light yellow blotch. Of the Choptank hybrids this one has the darkest pink flowers. And it is fragrant too!

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