(Before 1980) This plant is located in a small area bounded by the Scout Bridge Trail on the west side and the fence on the east. This old azalea is located off the trail, just east of R. ‘Dexter’s Orchid’. Its age can be noted by the fact that it has a brass label, the earliest of any plant labels in use. The more recent name for this species is flammeum.
Current Selections
ClearRhododendron periclymenoides x canescens
(Before 1980) This very large, old azalea is located on the ditch bank, just below the Scout Bridge. It was identified by Katherine Kron in 1991, when she identified a number of our unknown azaleas.
Rhododendron nudiflorum#7
(Before 1980) This plant is located in a small area bounded by the Scout Bridge Trail on the west side and the fence on the east. It is located in the center-south side of the area, and is very old and tall. The more recent name for this species is periclymenoides
Rhododendron CeeCee x ('Vulcan' x hyper)
(2011) This plant is located in the small area bounded by the Pine Woods Trail on the west, the fence on the east, the Scout Bridge Trail on the south and an extensive growth of ‘Maxecat’ rhodos on the north. It is located on the trail, behind a large clump of Viburnum dentatum. The hybridizer is Stan Southerland.
Rhododendron canescens#25
(Before 1980) This plant is located in a small area bounded by the Scout Bridge Trail on the west side and the fence on the east. It is located on the trail, not far from where the trail bends towards the west, where there are some large plants of canescens.
Rhododendron canescens#24
(Before 1980) This plant is located in a small area bounded by the Scout Bridge Trail on the west side and the fence on the east. It is located just off the trail, where the trail bends towards the west. It is one of a pair of canescens, old and tall. This one has an accession number of 80-V-644.
Rhododendron canescens#23
(Before 1980) This plant is located in a small area bounded by the Scout Bridge Trail on the west side and the fence on the east. It is located just off the trail, where the trail bends towards the west. It is one of a pair of canescens, old and tall. This one has an accession number of 80-V-643.
Rhododendron calen. 'Richard Bielski'
(2011) This plant is located in the small area bounded by the Pine Woods Trail on the west, the fence on the east, the Scout Bridge Trail on the south and an extensive growth of ‘Maxecat’ rhodos on the north. It is located close to a large clump of Viburnum dentatum. Accession number is 11-V-037.
Rhododendron austrinum x canescens #4
(Unknown date) This very old azalea is located just west of the Scout Bridge, near the ditch. It was identified by Katherine Kron in 1991.
Rhododendron (unlabelled azalea) #41
(Before 1980) This plant is located in the small area bounded by the Pine Woods Trail on the west, the fence on the east, the Scout Bridge Trail on the south and an extensive growth of ‘Maxecat’ rhodos on the north. It is located just off the trail, one of three unlabelled azaleas located close together where the trail bends towards the west. The most likely identity is the canescens species.
Rhododendron (unlabelled azalea) #40
(Before 1980) This plant is located in the small area bounded by the Pine Woods Trail on the west, the fence on the east, the Scout Bridge Trail on the south and an extensive growth of ‘Maxecat’ rhodos on the north. It is located just off the trail, one of three unlabelled azaleas located close together where the trail bends towards the west. The most likely identity is the canescens species.
Rhododendron (unlabelled azalea) #39
(Before 1980) This plant is located in the small area bounded by the Pine Woods Trail on the west, the fence on the east, the Scout Bridge Trail on the south and an extensive growth of ‘Maxecat’ rhodos on the north. It is located just off the trail, one of three unlabelled azaleas located close together where the trail bends towards the west. The most likely identity is the canescens species.
Rhododendron 'Yak hybrid' #2
(Unknown date) (Unknown date) This plant is located in an area bounded on the east by the Scout Bridge Trail, on the south by a drainage ditch and Coastal Plain area, and on the west by the Long Branch East Trail. It mainly consists of older plantings. It is located just off the trail, near the intersection with the Long Branch East Trail, and just southwest of R. ‘Cynthia’.
Rhododendron arborescens #10
(Unknown date) This tall, old azalea is located off the trail, under the spreading branches of a large hemlock tree.
Rhododendron arborescens #9
(1994) This azalea is located off the trail, about midway between the Scout Bridge and the point where the Scout Bridge Trail bends to the south.
Rhododendron (unlabelled rhodo) #53
(Before 1980) This plant is located in a small area bounded by the Scout Bridge Trail on the west side and the fence on the east. It is located off the trail, where the trail bends towards the west. It is just east of the tall canescens that has an accession number of 80-V-644.
Rhododendron (unlabelled rhodo) #52
(Unknown) This plant is located in a small area bounded by the Scout Bridge Trail on the west side and the fence on the east. It is located on the trail and seems to be sprouted from an old plant. It is likely another ‘Roseum Elegans’, as it is not far from a large ‘Roseum Elegans’ to the southside, near the Scout Bridge.
Rhododendron (unlabelled rhodo) #51
(Unknown) This plant is located in a small area bounded by the Scout Bridge Trail on the west side and the fence on the east. It is located on the trail, just south of R.canescens.
Rhododendron (unlabelled rhodo) #50
(Before 1980) This plant is located in a small area bounded by the Scout Bridge Trail on the west side and the fence on the east. It is located off the trail, next to the creek, partially shaded by a hemlock tree.
Rhododendron (unlabelled rhodo) #49
(Unknown) This plant is located in a small area bounded by the Scout Bridge Trail on the west side and the fence on the east. It is located just off the trail, just north of R.’Flaming Snow’.
Rhododendron 'True Treasure' #2
(2007) This Dexter hybrid is located on the trail, where it bends to the south, and just north of a pine tree. The accession number is 07-V-036.
Rhododendron 'Taurus' #4
(Unknown date) This plant is located in an area bounded on the east by the Scout Bridge Trail, on the south by a drainage ditch and Coastal Plain area, and on the west by the Long Branch East Trail. It mainly consists of older plantings. It is located just off the trail, at the corner where the Scout Bridge Trail bends to the south. It was in rather poor shape in 2017.
Rhododendron 'Roseum Elegans' #18
(Before 1980) This plant is located in a small area bounded by the Scout Bridge Trail on the west side and the fence on the east. It is an old, cutback plant located on the trail, near the Scout Bridge and the creek.
Rhododendron 'Rona Pink'
(2008) This plant is located in a small area bounded by the Scout Bridge Trail on the west side and the fence on the east. It is located close to the fence, beside R. ‘Edgemont’, with some other rhodos propagated by D. Little. It is a Dexter hybrid with outstanding foliage and appears to be very vigorous.
Rhododendron 'Judy Spillane' #4
(2007) This plant is located in a small area bounded by the Scout Bridge Trail on the west side and the fence on the east. It is located off the trail, just west of a large canescens, where the trail bends towards the west. It was hybridized by John Wister at the Tyler Arboretum and is in a group of rhodos propagated by D. Little.
Rhododendron 'Flaming Snow' #7
(2009) This plant is located in a small area bounded by the Scout Bridge Trail on the west side and the fence on the east. It is located off the trail in the center of the area, with a number of other plants propagated by D. Little.
Rhododendron 'English Roseum' #11
(Unknown date) This hybrid is located on the trail, not far from where it bends to the south, and close to a pine tree. It is a wide spreading plant.
Rhododendron 'Edgemont'
(2007) This plant is located in a small area bounded by the Scout Bridge Trail on the west side and the fence on the east. It is located close to the fence, just north of R.’Rona Pink’. It is Dexter hybrid with pink flowers.
Rhododendron 'Dexter's Orchid' #2
(2007) This plant is located in a small area bounded by the Scout Bridge Trail on the west side and the fence on the east. It is located off the trail, just west of the azalea, speciosum. It is in a group of rhodos, all propagated by D. Little.
Rhododendron 'Cynthia' #13
(Unknown date) This plant is located in an area bounded on the east by the Scout Bridge Trail, on the south by a drainage ditch and Coastal Plain area, and on the west by the Long Branch East Trail. It mainly consists of older plantings. It is located on the trail, near the intersection with the Long Branch East Trail. It is a very large, spreading plant, commonly planted in the Glen and truly an “iron-clad”.
Rhododendron 'Anah Kruschke'
(Unknown date) This hybrid is located just west of the Scout Bridge, near the ditch. It is a large spreading plant. This was planted many years ago and is the only remaining ‘Anah Kruschke’ rhodo in the Glen.
Rhododendron 'Bovees Marbury'
(2008) This plant is located in a small area bounded by the Scout Bridge Trail on the west side and the fence on the east. It is located off the trail, close to the fence in the southeast corner of the area, near a hemlock tree. I can find no information about this plant, except “Bovees” probably refers to the Bovees Nursery in Oregon.