(2007) This hybrid is west of all the Louisiana (C&T Nursery) plantings. It is off the trail with no other close rhodos. The accession number is 07-V-040.
Current Selections
ClearRhododendron viscosum #4
(Unknown date) This azalea is located off the trail, below all the Louisiana plantings and northeast of R. ‘Heman Howard’.
Rhododendron vaseyi #3
(2006) This azalea is located on the trail, below all the Louisiana plantings and southeast of R. ‘Heman Howard’. The accession number is 06-V-006.
Rhododendron nudiflorum#4
(Before 1980) This old azalea is located on the trail, just west of R. ‘Janet Blair’. The species name is now known as “periclymenoides”.
Rhododendron fortunei x 'Helen Vieira'
(Unknown date) A plant hybridized by Dr. Robert Means with one parent, ‘Helen Vieira’, named after his mother-in-law. This hybrid is located just off the trail, close to the intersection with the Long Branch East Trail.
Rhododendron fortunei #3
(2005) This plant is located off the trail, southwest of R. ‘Tom Everett’. The accession number is 05-V-024.
Rhododendron calendulaceum var Fortescue
(Before 1980) An old azalea, located on the trail, southeast of R. x maximum pink. It is just a little west of the large double-trunk red oak in the center.
Rhododendron austrinum form Escataba
(1994) This azalea from C&T Nursery is located off the trail, adjacent (on the northwest) to the Louisiana (C&T Nursery) hybrid, ‘maximum x pseudochrysanthum’. These Lousiana plants are grouped together, have been bred for heat tolerance, and have shown great vigor (2017) since their planting.
Rhododendron metternichii x hyperythrum
(1994) This hybrid from C&T Nursery is located on the trail, just southeast of the Louisiana (C&T Nursery) hybrid, ‘Charles Loomis’. These hybrids are grouped together, have been bred for heat tolerance, and have shown great vigor (2017) since their planting.
Rhododendron maximum x pseudochrysanthum
(1994) This hybrid from C&T Nursery is located off the trail, due northwest of the Louisiana (C&T Nursery) hybrid, ‘austrinum form Escataba’. These hybrids are grouped together, have been bred for heat tolerance, and have shown great vigor (2017) since their planting.
Rhododendron hyperythrum #13
(1997) A large plant located on the trail at the corner where the North Loop and Loop Connecting Trails intersect. Plant was donated by Dr. Robert Means, an active member of the Piedmont Chapter of the ARS. This species is widely used for it heat tolerance and resistance to drought and disease.
Rhododendron (unlabelled azalea) #34
(Unknown date) A small azalea (2017) located off the trail, below the Louisiana plantings and just east of R. viscosum.
Rhododendron (unlabelled azalea) #33
(Unknown date) This azalea is located just off the trail, below all the Louisiana plantings and southeast of R. ‘Dorothy Russell’.
Rhododendron 'WIll-O-The WIsp'
(1994) This hybrid from C&T Nursery is located off the trail, due west of the Louisiana (C&T Nursery) hybrid, ‘Pam Morris’. These hybrids are grouped together, have been bred for heat tolerance, and have shown great vigor (2017) since their planting.
Rhododendron (unlabelled rhodo) #35
(Unknown date) This small plant resembles R. hyperythrum. It is located on the trail, just south of the Louisiana (C&T Nursery) hybrid, ‘White River’.
Rhododendron (unlabelled rhodo) #34
(Unknown date) This plant is located near the East Entrance, just west of R. ‘Paul Mauney’.
Rhododendron (unlabelled rhodo) #33
(Before 1980) A very old unlabelled plant located off the trail, just south of R. ‘Tom Everett’ and south of a large ‘Yelton’ in the area close to the Long Branch.
Rhododendron (unlabelled rhodo) #32
(Unknown date) This plant is located near the East Entrance, just west of another unlabelled rhodo and east of the Louisiana C&T Nursery plantings.
Rhododendron 'Maxecat' #16
(Before 1980) This plant is old and cutback. It is located on the trail, not far from the East Entrance. It is just southeast of the Louisiana (C&T Nursery) hybrid, ‘White River’.
Rhododendron 'White River'
(1994) This hybrid from C&T Nursery is located off the trail, due north of the Louisiana (C&T Nursery) hybrid, ‘Lowell Loomis’. These hybrids are grouped together, have been bred for heat tolerance, and have shown great vigor (2017) since their planting.
Rhododendron 'Vera Holt'
(1994) This hybrid from C&T Nursery is located off the trail, due northeast of the Louisiana (C&T Nursery) hybrid, ‘Sham’s Ruby x Dr. John L Creech’. These hybrids are grouped together, have been bred for heat tolerance, and have shown great vigor (2017) since their planting.
Rhododendron 'Tom Everett' #4
(2005) A well known Dexter hybrid, this plant is located just west of R. ‘Fragrant Yelton’. The accession number is 05-V-020.
Rhododendron 'Sham's Ruby x 'Dr. Creech'
(1994) This hybrid from C&T Nursery is located off the trail, due southwest of the Louisiana (C&T Nursery) hybrid, ‘Vera Holt’. These hybrids are grouped together, have been bred for heat tolerance, and have shown great vigor (2017) since their planting.
Rhododendron 'Ruby Masse'
(1994) This hybrid from C&T Nursery is located off the trail, just southwest of the Louisiana (C&T Nursery) hybrid, ‘Pam Morris’. These hybrids are grouped together, have been bred for heat tolerance, and have shown great vigor (2017) since their planting.
Rhododendron 'Paul Mauney' #2
(1997) This hybrid is located at the East Entrance, where the Pine Woods Trail and the North Loop Trail begin. The flowers are predominantly white and the cross is ‘Belle Heller’ x yakushimamum ‘Koichiro Wada’.
Rhododendron 'Pam Morris'
(1994) This hybrid from C&T Nursery is located off the trail, due east of the Louisiana (C&T Nursery) hybrid, ‘Will-O-The Wisp’. These hybrids are grouped together, have been bred for heat tolerance, and have shown great vigor (2017) since their planting. The cross here is R. ‘Trilby’ x R. hyperythrum.
Rhododendron 'Mrs Voyt Allison'
(1994) This hybrid from C&T Nursery is located off the trail, due west of the Louisiana (C&T Nursery) hybrid, ‘Will-O-The Wisp’. These hybrids are grouped together, have been bred for heat tolerance, and have shown great vigor (2017) since their planting. The cross here is R. ‘Van Nes Sensation’ x hyperythrum.
Rhododendron 'Mrs Otis Statham'
(1994) This hybrid from C&T Nursery is located on the trail, due west of the Louisiana (C&T Nursery) hybrid, ‘metternichii x hyperythrum’. These hybrids are grouped together, have been bred for heat tolerance, and have shown great vigor (2017) since their planting. This cross, R. maximum x R.hyperythrum, likely will result in a very large plant.
Rhododendron 'Lovell Loomis' #3
(1994) This hybrid from C&T Nursery is located on the trail, next to the watering post and due south of the Louisiana (C&T Nursery) hybrid, ‘White River’. These hybrids are grouped together, have been bred for heat tolerance, and have shown great vigor (2017) since their planting.
Rhododendron 'Lisienne Rockefeller'
(1994) This hybrid from C&T Nursery is located off the trail, adjacent (on the southeast) to the Louisiana (C&T Nursery) hybrid, ‘Elizabeth Ard’. These hybrids are grouped together, have been bred for heat tolerance, and have shown great vigor (2017) since their planting.
Rhododendron 'LH4585'
(1997) A hybrid from Ed Collins, who gave us a number of unnamed rhodos. This plant seems to be the only one remaining of ten that were planted in this area in 1997. It is located off the trail, below all the Louisiana plantings and northeast of R. viscosum.
Rhododendron 'Katherine Dalton'
(2009) This Gable hybrid has the fortunei species as one parent, and it has pink flowers. It is located on the trail, just east of the intersection with the Wildflower Meadow Trail.
Rhododendron 'Jim Lynch'
(1994) This hybrid from C&T Nursery is located on the trail, next to the watering post and just south of the Louisiana (C&T Nursery) hybrid, ‘Elizabeth Ard. These hybrids are grouped together, have been bred for heat tolerance, and have shown great vigor (2017) since their planting.
Rhododendron 'Janet Blair' #2
(1991) This hybrid has always been considered an outstanding rhodo by the Am. Rhododendron Society, though this plant has not done especially well at this site. It is located on the trail, just west of R. ‘Flaming Snow’, near the East Entrance.
Rhododendron 'Heman Howard'
(Unknown date) This Dexter hybrid was named for a horticulturist on the Dexter plantation at Sandwich, MA. It is located just off the trail, below all the Louisiana plantings and close to a Tulip tree. It is one of the few surviving rhododendrons in the lowest part of this area, where it has proved difficult to grow rhodos.
Rhododendron 'Fragrant Yelton' #4
(Before 1980) A very old plant, known for its fragrance, and in a group widely planted in the Glen known as Yeltons, after the donator, Dr. Ernest Yelton. The plant is located on the trail about midway between the Loop Connecting Trail and the intersection of the North Loop Trail and the Long Branch East Trail.
Rhododendron 'Flaming Snow' #6
(1991) A Dexter hybrid with an upright and dense habit; flowers open pink, fading to almost white. This plant is on the trail, just east of R. ‘Janet Blair’, near the East Entrance.
Rhododendron 'Elizabeth Ard'
(1994) This hybrid from C&T Nursery is located off the trail, due north of the Louisiana (C&T Nursery) hybrid, ‘Jim Lynch’ and the watering post. These hybrids are grouped together, have been bred for heat tolerance, and have shown great vigor (2017) since their planting.
Rhododendron 'Charles Loomis'
(1994) This hybrid from C&T Nursery is located off the trail, northwest of the Louisiana (C&T Nursery) hybrid, ‘metternichii x hyperythrum’. These hybrids are grouped together, have been bred for heat tolerance, and have shown great vigor (2017) since their planting.
Rhododendron 'Bibermini x Belle Heller'
(1994) This hybrid from C&T Nursery is located off the trail, due north of the Louisiana (C&T Nursery) hybrid, ‘Mrs Otis Statham’. These hybrids are grouped together, have been bred for heat tolerance, and have shown great vigor (2017) since their planting.