Tips for Beginners: Fall and Winter Interest
Compiled by the Valley Forge Chapter and published in its January/February 2002 newsletter.
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Evergreen Azaleas
(Only red- and pink-flowering ones seem to have interesting fall foliage, in the red to russet range) |
Foliage and Other Characteristics | Foliage and Other Characteristics | |
| 'Louise Gable' | mostly red | Deciduous Azaleas | |
| 'Balsaminaeflorum' | mostly red | R. reticulatum | red-tinged mahogany |
| 'Guy Yerkes' | bright red/mahogany | R. vaseyi | red |
| 'Pride-of-Planting-Fields' | bright red/mahogany | R. viscosum | red |
| 'Gold Piece'* | bright red/mahogany | R. luteum 'Golden Comet' | red |
| 'Stewartstonian' | bright red/mahogany | ||
| 'Lullaby' | bright red/mahogany | Rhododendrons | |
| 'Nocturne' | russet color, stands out in garden | R. mucronulatum ' Mahogany Red'* | bright shades of red with yellow |
| 'Hershey's Red'* | russet color, stands out in garden | R. minus | orange-bronze |
| 'Martha Hitchcock' | russet color, stands out in garden | 'Ethel Mae' | orange-red |
| 'Diamant Rosa'* (syn. 'Pink Diamond') | russet with some yellow | 'Ginny Gee' | bronze-green leaves and rust-colored buds |
| 'Lilac Crest'* | bright russet | 'Cupcake' | dark green leaves all winter |
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'Wintergreen'
(groundcover) |
rich mahogany | 'Crete' | dark green leaves all winter |
| 'Lady-locks' | crimson leaves | R. hyperythrum | dark green leaves all winter |
| 'Flame Creeper' | green-red leaves |
R. degronianum
ssp.
yakushimanum
(some) |
dark green leaves all winter |
| R. kiusianum | green-red leaves | ||
| 'Everest' | mixture of green and yellow leaves | ||
| 'Dream' (Glenn Dale) | orange-red | ||
| 'Betty Layman' | more red than orange | ||
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