East Coast Native Azaleas Middle Atlantic Chapter ARS Species Study Group The Species Study Group of the Middle Atlantic Chapter of the American Rhododendron Society has been focusing on the east coast native azaleas for several years. Most of the graphic images displayed here are from the slide program presented by the organizer of the group, George K. McLellan, as given at the East Coast Regional Conference of the ARS in November 1999. They have been reproduced by permission and assembled into a web page by Donald W. Hyatt. This site attempts to show the diversity in plant and flower forms of the 15 azalea species that are native to the Eastern United States. We hope that you will appreciate the beauty and diversity of these beautiful plants, and assist in preserving their habitat. Links are provided to several companion sites including one on Identifying the Native Azaleas.

East Coast Native Azaleas

R. vaseyi	R. canadense	R. canescens	R. austrinum	R. flammeum
R. periclymenoides	R. alabamense	R. atlanticum	R. calendulaceum	R. prinophyllum
R. viscosum	R. arborescens	R. cumberlandense	R. prunifolium	R. eastmanii

West Coast Native Azaleas

R. occidentale

Identifying the Native Azaleas

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Copyright © 2001 Donald W. Hyatt

Don's Other Azalea Web Pages

• Return to Gregory Bald
  Web version of Don's article in the 1998 ARS Journal but with many more graphics
• The Gregory Bald Hybrids
  Some of the finer natural azalea hybrids on Gregory Bald
• The Gregory Bald Hybrid Azaleas: Part 2
  Additional graphics of other exeptional clones on Gregory
• The Roan Highlands
  Wild flowers and native azaleas in the Roan Mountain region
• The Appalachian Trail at Roan Highlands
  More images in the Roan Mountain area
• The Roan Highlands in Full Bloom
  Peak bloom for calendulaceum and catawbiense in the Roan Highlands, June 2001
• Calendulaceum on Hooper Bald
  Exceptional forms of the Flame Azalea at Hooper Bald
• The Best of the Best: In Search of Native Azaleas
  Keynote Address at the ASA Convention in Asheville, 6/16/2001
  
• Native Azaleas in Watercolor: Rhododendron prunifolium
  A painting I recently completed in August 2001 of Rhododendron prunifolium
  

Other Related Links

• The Azalea Society of America
  
• The American Rhododendron Society
  
• The Virginia Native Plant Society
  

About the Author

• Don Hyatt's Garden Center
  A central point for all of Don's garden related web pages
• Don Hyatt's Home Page
  Don's main web page at school where he teaches Computer Science