(Before 1980) This large azalea is located on the trail, on the eastside of R. ‘Anna Rose Whitney’, not far from Hech Bridge. It takes some severe pruning on the large rhodo to keep it from engulfing the azalea.
Current Selections
ClearRhododendron viscosum #1
(Before 1980) A large azalea with white flowers, blooming late. It is located near the main entrance on the flagstone path opposite the large hemlock tree.
Rhododendron prunifolium#3
(Before 1980) A large azalea with orange-red flowers in late summer. Grows in the wild in only a few counties on the Georgia/Alabama border. Our plant is located at the intersection of the Michaux Trail, just west of Hech Bridge.
Rhododendron periclymenoides #2
(Before 1980) This old azalea is located on the flagstone path by the Cone Memorial. It adjoins a Yucca plant.
Rhododendron canescens#1
(Before 1980) This early blooming azalea is located at the intersection of the Michaux Trail, just west of Hech Bridge.
Rhododendron calendulaceum #6
(Before 1980) This old plant is located at the intersection of the Michaux Trail, close to R. prunifolium. It was cut back in 2017 to a single stem.
Rhododendron 'Windbeam' #2
(Before 1980) A Nearing hybrid with small leaves (lepidote) and white flowers that turn to a purplish-pink. It is often the earliest blooming of any rhodo in the Glen. It is one of two rather small plants located on the flagstone path near the Bonnie Cone Memorial.
Rhododendron 'Windbeam' #1
(Before 1980) A Nearing hybrid with small leaves (lepidote) and white flowers that turn to a purplish-pink. It is often the earliest blooming of any rhodo in the Glen. It is one of two plants located on the flagstone path near the Bonnie Cone Memorial.
Rhododendron 'Rockbridge' #1
(2004) A hybrid from Mike Stilwell, ‘Maxecat’ x hyperythrum, raised and registered by Wyatt Lefever. It has white flowers, with red speckles on the upper lobes. It is located near the entrance, on the flagstone path where the drainage ditch crosses.
Senecio aureus
Large patch at Bonnie Cone Memorial site – also along Michaux Trail. One of the earliest of the wild flowers to bloom.