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'Mr. Goldstrike' is a variegated cultivar featuring deep green leaves with heavy bright yellow blotching. Tiny reddish purple flowers bloom in early spring (March-April) in upright terminal panicles (cymes to 4 1/2" long). This is a male cultivar, so no fruit is produced.

Striking bold color for the shady landscape. Perfect as a shade foundation plant or in a container on a covered porch or patio. Evergreen

This dwarf form of Aucuba has a dense growth habit with dark green leaves. The female of the selection bear abundant fruit which are born above the evergreen foliage which adds to its winter interest. As a shade lover, this is a good plant to put on the north and east sides of buildings and also to plant in groupings under the canopy of large trees.

This broadleaf, evergreen azalea displays an abundance of pure white flowers in late spring. Beautiful foundation plant or flowering hedge.

• Attracts butterflies
• Rabbit resistant
• Intolerant of strong winds
• Prefers a sun dappled or high open shade. Morning sun with afternoon shade is also acceptable.
• Plants perform well on north or east facing slopes.

Girard's Crimson is an evergreen azalea that features crimson red to purplish-red flowers, each with a vivid red blotch. Glossy, dark green leaves are evergreen. Leaves acquire red and copper tones in winter. 

• Attracts hummingbirds and butterflies
• Rabbit resistant

'Girard's Fuchsia' is an evergreen, spreading shrub that will reach 4 to 6 feet over time. Clusters of deep reddish-purple flowers in May.

• Rabbit resistant

• Dwarf, evergreen shrub
• Single, light-pink ruffled flowers
• Japanese hybrid
• Plant in the foreground of a woodland setting
• Works well in containers in a filtered sunlight situation

• Dwarf, evergreen azalea
• Single, white flowers with small flecks of purplish pink and a light-green blotch)
• Coastal planting
• Japanese hybrid
• Plant in the foreground of a woodland setting
• Works well in containers in a filtered sunlight situation

Azalea with showy, double white, gardenia-like blooms in the spring with some fall reblooming. Evergreen.

• Glossy, dark green foliage is evergreen.
• Clusters of reddish-purple flowers, each with a dark purple blotch
• Mass, group or specimen. Effective as foundation planting or hedge.
• Attracts hummingbirds and butterflies
• Rabbit resistant

Beautiful, abundant red flowers in the spring on this deciduous, spreading azalea. Perfect for spring containers. Prune immediately after flowering to ensure prolific blooms year after year.

• Evergreen
• Flowers are hose-in-hose (the flowers look like one blossom inside another) and are vivid red.
• Mass, group or specimen. Effective as foundation planting or hedge.
• Attracts butterflies
• Rabbit resistant

• Low-growing, dwarf, evergreen azalea. Small glossy dark green leaves that acquire bronze tones in winter.
• Small, single, funnel-shaped crimson red flowers bloom in clusters in late spring.
• Mass, group or specimen. Effective as foundation planting or hedge.
• One of the most hardy (Virginia Tech Ext.)
• Attracts hummingbirds and butterflies
• Rabbit resistant

• Evergreen shrub with masses of red ruffled blooms.
• Leaves are dark and glossy in summer, turning red in the fall and winter.
• Mass, group or specimen. Effective as foundation planting or hedge. Also, great in containers.

• Low growing evergreen
• Attractive low hedge
• Groundcover
• Attracts pollinators

• Dwarf, spreading, evergreen azalea
• Vivid red, faint brown spotting, hose-in-hose to semi-double flowers
• Foliage turns burgundy/rust in fall through winter
• Mass, group or specimen. Also, great in containers.

• Funnel-shaped, hose-in-hose flowers are purplish-pink with slight deep purplish pink veining.
• Evergreen
• Attracts butterflies
• Rabbit tolerant
• Mass, group or specimen. Effective as foundation planting or hedge. Also, great in containers.