Rhododendrons of the Year - Mid Adlantic

Evergreen Azalea:
'Pocono Pink',
Upright plant habit. Grows to a typical height of 5 feet in 10 years. Plant hardy to -10°F (-23°C). Selected by Swell.

Evergreen Azaleas:
2023: ‘August to Frost’
2022: ‘Quakeress’
2021: ‘Betty Ellen’
2020: ‘Wagner’s White Spider
2019: ‘Treasure’
2018: ‘Dreamsicle’
2017: ‘Ben Morrison’
2016: ‘Inch’
2015: ‘Ashley Ruth’
2014: ‘Caitlin Marie’
2013: ‘Rose Greeley’
2012: ‘Sandra’s Green Ice’
2011: ‘Tina’s Whorled’
2010: ‘Carrie Amanda’
2009: ‘Koromo-shikibu’
2008: ‘Dream’
2007: ‘Fairfax’
2006: ‘Elsie Lee’
2005: ‘Nancy of Robin Hill’
2004: ‘Girard’s Fuchsia”

Lepidote Rhododendron:
R. minus var. minus Carolinianum Group'
More compact than true R. minus. Reaches a typical height of 4 ft. in 10 years. Plant is cold hardy to -15°F (-26°C). Native species growing in the wild in the Southern Appalachians Mtns.

Lepidote Rhododendron:
2023: ‘April Rhapsody’
2022: ‘Oritani’
2021: ‘Weston’s Pink Diamond’
2020: R. keiskei var. keiskei
2019: ‘Rhein’s Luna’
2018: ’24-Karat’
2017: ‘Blaney’s blue ‘
2016: R. minus var. minus
2015: ‘Southland’
2014: ‘Kehr’s White Ruffles’
2013: ‘Cornell Pink’
2012: ‘Windbeam’
2011: ‘Molly Fordham’
2010: ‘Mary Fleming’
2009: ‘Landmark’
2008: ‘Weston’s Aglo’
2007: ‘Olga Mezitt’
2006: ‘PJM Elite’
2005: ‘Dora Amateis’
2004: ‘April Pink’

Deciduous Azalea:
‘Admiral Semmes'
Grows to about 6-7 feet tall in 10 years. Very heat and humidity tolerant. Hybridized by the Dodd Nursery in Alabama.

Deciduous Azaleas:
2023: R. colemanii
2022: 'Aromi Sunstruck'
2021: R. austinum
2020: R. periclymenoides
2019; R. cumberlandense
2018: R. arborescens
2017: R. canescens
2016: R. atlanticum
2015: ‘My Mary’
2014: R. calendulaceum
2013: R. schlippenbachii
2012: ‘Aromi Sunny-side-up’
2011: R. prunifolium
2010: ‘Klondyke’
2009: ‘Old Gold’
2008: ‘White Lightning’
2007: (none)
2006: ‘Homebush’
2005: ‘Gibraltar’
2004: ‘Crimson Tide’

Elepidote Rhododendron:
'Ingrid Mehlquist',
Pale tan aging to rusty-brown indumentum. Dense, spreading plant habit. Very resistant to root rot. Grows to a typical height of 2 ft. tall in 10 years. Cold hardy to -20°F (-29°C).

Elepidote Rhododendrons:
2023: ‘Cadis’
2022; ‘Dexter's Honeydew’
2021: ’Jack Cowles’
2020: ‘Bea MacDonald
2019: ‘Ken Janeck’
2018: ‘A. Bedford’
2017: ‘Gilbert Myers’
2016: R. hyperythrum
2015: ‘John C. White’
2014: ‘Nestucca’
2013: ‘Taurus”
2012: ‘Janet Blair’
2011: ‘Brown Eyes’
2010: ‘Scintillation’
2009: ‘Wheatley’
2008: ‘Mist Maiden’
2007: ‘Caroline’
2006: ‘Bellringer’
2005: ‘Calsap’
2004: ‘Gigi’