AZALEAS: POPULAR LISTS

Popularity is not necessarily the best method for selecting plants, but the following list offers you one indication of the cultivars others are enjoying. (Taken from a survey conducted by Jim Darden, NCAN Nursery Notes 24 (2): 48-55).

Mid-Atlantic Region (Hardiness Zone Similar To Central And North Alabama) Most Popular Red: 1. Hino Crimson 2. Hershey's Red 3. Hinode Giri 4. Girard's Scarlet 5. Mother's Day 6. Christmas Cheer 7. Girard's Crimson 8. Hexe Most Popular Pink: 1. Coral Bells 2. Girard's Rose 3. Tradition 4. Nancy of Robinhill 5. Wakaebisu 6. Lady Robin 7. Pink Gumpo 8. Blaauw's Pink Most Popular Orange-Red: 1. Stewartstonian 2. Girard's Hot Shot 3. Fashion 4. Scout 5. Tropic Sun 6. Hershey's Orange 7. Sherwood Red 8. Garden State Glow 9. Macrantha Orange Most Popular Lavender-Purple: 1. Herbert 2. Purple Splendor 3. Corsage 4. George Lindley Taber 5. Girard's Fuchsia 6. Merlin 7. Dauntless 8. Royalty 9. Mildred Mae 10. Karen Most Popular Variegated: 1. Conversation Piece 2. Janet Rhea 3. Orange Flair 4. Silver Sword 5. Geisha 6. Issho No Haru 7. Whitehead 8. Martha Hitchcock Overall Best Selling: 1. Hino Crimson 2. Hershey's Red 3. Delaware Valley White 4. Fashion 5. Pink Gumpo 6. Coral Bells 7. Tradition 8. Glacier 9. Greeting 10. Girard's Fuchsia 11. Mother's Day 12. Karen

North Carolina Garden Centers (Central And North Alabama Hardiness Zones) Most Popular Red: 1. Hershey's Red 2. Hino Crimson 3. Redwing 4. Sunglow 5. Hinode Giri 6. Christmas Cheer 7. Wolfpack Red 8. Hexe 9. Massasoit Most Popular Pink: 1. Coral Bells 2. Pink Ruffles 3. Pink Gumpo 4. Tradition 5. Chinsoy 6. Evensong 7. Wakaebisu 8. Greeting 9. Mary Lynn 10. Macrantha Pink 11. Blaauws Pink 12. Pink Cloud 13. Renee Michelle Most Popular White: 1. Delaware Valley White 2. Snow 3. Mrs. G. G. Gerbing 4. H. H. Hume 5. Treasure 6. Girard's Kathy 7. Pleasant White Most Popular Orange-Red: 1. Sherwood Red 2. Fashion 3. Stewartstonian 4. Hershey's Orange 5. Trouper 6. Buccaneer 7. Amagasa 8. Macrantha Orange Most Popular Lavender-Purple: 1. Formosa 2. George Lindley Taber 3. Karen 4. Mildred Mae 5. Purple Splendor 6. Herbert Most Popular Variegated: 1. Martha Hitchcock 2. Conversation Piece 3. Ben Morrison 4. Johga 5. Marian Lee 6. Aikoku Overall Best Selling: 1. Coral Bells 2. Hershey's Red 3. Snow 4. Hino Crimson 5. Delaware Valley White 6. Sunglow 7. Pink Gumpo 8. Aikoku 9. Hinode Giri 10. Wakaebisu

Deep South (Potential South Alabama Favorites) Most Popular Red: 1. Hino Crimson 2. Hinode Giri 3. Christmas Cheer 4. President Clay 5. Hershey's Red 6. Massasoit 7. Red Ruffles 8. Redwing 9. Mother's Day Most Popular Pink: 1. Coral Bells 2. Pink Gumpo 3. Wakaebisu 4. Pink Ruffles 5. Pride of Mobile 6. Pride of Summerville 7. Rosebud 8. Southern Charm 9. Hampton Beauty 10. Laura 11. Sherwood Cerise 12. Judge Solomon 13. Princess Augusta 14. Willie Belle Mayo Most Popular White: 1. Snow 2. Mrs. G. G. Gerbing 3. H. H. Hume 4. Delaware Valley White 5. Fielders White 6. Glacier Most Popular Orange-Red: 1. Fashion 2. Sherwood Red 3. Hershey's Orange 4. Price of Summerville 5. Macrantha Orange 6. Trouper 7. Stewartstonian Most Popular Lavender-Purple: 1. Formosa 2. George Lindley Taber 3. Mildred Mae 4. Herbert Most Popular Variegated: 1. Iveryana 2. Gyokuskin 3. Conversation Piece 4. Gwenda 5. Festive 6. Myogi Overall Best Selling: 1. Coral Bells 2. Snow 3. Formosa 4. George Lindley Taber 5. Mrs. G. G. Gerbing 6. Hershey's Red 7. Pink Gumpo 8. Hinode Giri 9. Sherwood Red 10. Red Ruffles

North Carolina Wholesale Growers Most Popular Red: 1. Hino Crimson 2. Hershey's Red 3. Sunglow 4. Hinode Giri 5. Christmas Cheer 6. Wolfpack Red 7. Redwing 8. Hexe 9. President Clay 10. Girard's Crimson 11. Red Ruffles Most Popular Pink: 1. Coral Bells 2. Pink Gumpo 3. Pink Pearl 4. Pink Ruffles 5. Higasa 6. Rosebud 7. Laura 8. Boudoir 9. Chinsoy 10. Salmon Bells 11. Pink Cloud 12. Shinkigem 13. Tradition 14. Dawn 15. Girard's Rose 16. Greeting 17. Wakaebisu 18. Girard's Scarlet 19. Pride of Summerville Most Popular White: 1. Delaware Valley White 2. Snow 3. H. H. Hume 4. Glacier 5. Mrs. G. G. Gerbing 6. Kathy Most Popular Orange-Red: 1. Sherwood Red 2. Amagasa 3. Buccaneer 4. Flame 5. Fashion 6. Macrantha Orange 7. Girard's Hot Shot Most Popular Lavender-Purple: 1. Formosa 2. George Lindley Taber 3. Purple Splendor 4. Cochrans Lavender 5. Mildred Mae 6. Herbert 7. Apple Blossom 8. Merlin Most Popular Variegated: 1. Martha Hitchcock 2. Festive 3. Conversation Piece 4. Ben Morrison 5. Shinkigem 6. Fascination 7. Keisetsu 8. Frosted Orange Overall Best Selling: 1. Delaware Valley White 2. Snow 3. Coral Bells 4. Hershey's Red 5. Hino Crimson 6. Hinode Giri 7. Glacier 8. George Lindley Taber 9. Sunglow 10. Christmas Cheer 11. Formosa 12. Pink Gumpo 13. H. H. Hume 14. Mrs. G. G. Gerbing 15. Higasa 16. Wolfpack Red 17. Pink Ruffles 18. Redwing 19. Shinkigem 21. Mother's Day 22. Amagasa

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