Elepidote Rhododendron: 'Lee's Dark Purple'

Flower deep purple with greenish-brown to ochre spotting on upper lobe, broadly funnel-shaped, 2¾" across.  Held in ball-shaped truss of about 16 flowers.  Blooms late midseason.  Leaves slight wavy, glossy, dark green.  Upright growth habit.  Typical height: 6 ft. in 10 years.  Plant is cold hardy to -15°F (-26°C).  Hybridized by Lee.

Lepidote Rhododendron: No selection.

Evergreen Azalea: 'Autumn Sunburst'

Flower inside strong pink with darker veins, irregular white edges and purplish red spots in throat, outside strong pink, openly funnel-shaped, wavy edges, 2½" across, single or semi-double, slightly fragrant.  Blooms early midseason to very late.  Leaves narrow spatulate to obovate, rounded apex with short mucronate tip, attenuate base, 1⅜" long, leathery, dark yellowish green.  Spreading, well-branched plant habit.  Grows to a height of about 3 ft. in 10 yrs.  Hardy to -10° F (-23° C).  Naturally occurring sport selected by Lee.

Deciduous Azalea: 'Irene Koster'

Flower white flushed strong pink with a yellow blotch on upper lobes and brownish orange spotting, tubular funnel-shaped, wavy edged, 2½" across, fragrant.  Blooms late midseason.  Leaves elliptic, dark green, deciduous.  Upright, open plant habit.  Grows to a typical height of 6 ft. in 10 years.  Hardy to -15°F (-26°C).  Hybridized by Koster & Sons.  Received the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit in 1993.