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This search helps to identify an unknown azalea. Each menu uses terms to describe one characteristic of azaleas. Choose menu entries for the characteristics of your azalea that you can see clearly, and that you can describe using one of the terms in that menu. If in doubt, don't choose an entry for that characteristic (leave its any choice showing). Remember less is more -- the fewer characteristics you choose, the more results you will find, and vice versa. Then click the Search button to list information about the azaleas with those characteristics.

A good strategy may be to first use few characteristics and thus show a lot of possibilities. Then, narrow it down by comparing your azalea with the information we show. Finally, take a look at the images we show.

This search also finds all azaleas with any specific characteristic(s) of interest, such as a particular hybridizer, or a particular azalea used as a pollen parent, or azaleas with fall bloom.

flower
bloom color	garden color	variation color	variation type
any blue gray green olive orange pink purple red violet white yellow	any blue gray green olive orange pink purple red violet white yellow	any blue gray green olive orange pink purple red violet white yellow	any self stripe sector sand flake flecke dot edge margin center base tip bud blotch throat tube outside upper lower picotee Akamuji Arare Date Diasho Fukiage Fukkake Fukurin Hakeme Hanzome Harusame Janome Jiai Kanoko Koshibori Mijin Oshibori Otamafu Sarashi Shibori sokojiro Shiromuji Shirotamafu Sokijiro Tate Tobiiri Tsumabeni Tsumajiro
flower -type	-shape	-width ±	-length ±
any single hose-in-hose semi-double semi-dbl h/h double double h/h spider	any narrow broad recurved tubular funnel saucer flat bell	any 0.25 0.50 0.75 1.00 1.25 1.50 1.75 2.00 2.25 2.50 3.00 3.50 4.00 4.50 5.00 5.50 6.00	any 0.25 0.50 0.75 1.00 1.25 1.50 1.75 2.00 2.25 2.50 3.00 3.50 4.00 4.50 5.00 5.50 6.00
flower -# on plant ±	-scent	-bloom time ±	-fall bloom
any very sparse sparse abundant profuse very profuse	any no scent slightly musky musky very musky slightly sweet sweet very sweet slightly spicy spicy very spicy	any very early early early midseason midseason late midseason late very late	any no some yes
petals -number	-shape	-arrangement	-margin
any none 3 4 5 6 7	any pointed linear rounded round	any separated normal overlapping	any flat wavy ruffled twisted
stamens -number ±	-length ±	-filament color	-anther color
any 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10	any 0.25 0.50 0.75 1.00 1.25 1.50 1.75 2.00 2.25 2.50 2.75 3.00 3.25 3.50 3.75 4.00	any white pink red yellow orange purple	any white pink red yellow orange purple
pistil -length ±	-style color	-stigma color	bud scale hairs
any 0.25 0.50 0.75 1.00 1.25 1.50 1.75 2.00 2.25 2.50 2.75 3.00 3.25 3.50 3.75 4.00	any white pink red yellow orange purple	any white pink red yellow orange purple	any none glandular eglandular mixed
calyx -length ±	-color	-margin hairs	pedicel hairs
any 0.0625 0.125 0.1875 0.250 0.3125 0.375 0.4375 0.500 0.625 0.750	any pale green light green moderate green bright green dark green yellowish green	any none fine fringe stiff hairs	any none glandular eglandular mixed
truss -# in head ±	-shape	-width ±	-length ±
any 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25	any dome ball conical flat lax	any 0.25 0.50 0.75 1.00 1.25 1.50 1.75 2.00 2.25 2.50 3.00 3.50 4.00 4.50 5.00 5.50 6.00	any 0.25 0.50 0.75 1.00 1.25 1.50 1.75 2.00 2.25 2.50 3.00 3.50 4.00 4.50 5.00 5.50 6.00
leaf
life (years)	arranged	scent	fall color
any 1 2 3 varies	any alternate whorled both varies	any no scent musky sweet spicy	any green yellow dark red brownish red purple
spring leaves
shape	tip shape	base shape	edges
any elliptic oblong ovate obovate lanceolate oblanceolate orbicular rhomboid linear	any acuminate acute broadly acute obtuse	any cuneate attenuate obtuse cordate oblique	any flat wavy upcurved downcurved twisted contorted
length ±	width ±	color -above	-below
any 0.25 0.50 0.75 1.00 1.25 1.50 1.75 2.00 2.25 2.50 2.75 3.00 3.25 3.50 3.75 4.00	any 0.125 0.25 0.375 0.50 0.625 0.75 0.875 1.00 1.25 1.50 1.75 2.00 2.25 2.50	any dull light green dull green dull dark green light green green dark green shiny light green shiny green shiny dark green mottled yellow mottled white edged yellow edged white	any dull light green dull green dull dark green light green green dark green shiny light green shiny green shiny dark green mottled yellow mottled white edged yellow edged white
hairs -above	-below	-margin
any none few some many	any none few some many	any none glandular eglandular mixed
summer leaves
shape	tip shape	base shape	edges
any elliptic oblong ovate obovate lanceolate oblanceolate orbicular rhomboid linear	any acuminate acute broadly acute obtuse	any cuneate attenuate obtuse cordate oblique	any flat wavy upcurved downcurved twisted contorted
length ±	width ±	color -above	-below
any 0.25 0.50 0.75 1.00 1.25 1.50 1.75 2.00 2.25 2.50 2.75 3.00 3.25 3.50 3.75 4.00	any 0.125 0.25 0.375 0.50 0.625 0.75 0.875 1.00 1.25 1.50 1.75 2.00 2.25 2.50	any dull light green dull green dull dark green light green green dark green shiny light green shiny green shiny dark green mottled yellow mottled white edged yellow edged white	any dull light green dull green dull dark green light green green dark green shiny light green shiny green shiny dark green mottled yellow mottled white edged yellow edged white
hairs -above	-below	-margin
any none few some many	any none few some many	any none glandular eglandular mixed
plant
shape	habit	height ±	width ±
any weeping prostrate upright spreading mounding arching irregular	any very dense dense open leggy very leggy	any 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5 5.5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15	any 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5 5.5 6 7 8 9 10
min cold zone (°F)	max heat zone (days > 86°F)	new stem hairs
any 1 (below -50) 2 (-40 to -50) 3 (-30 to -40) 4 (-20 to -30) 5 (-10 to -20) 6 (0 to -10) 7 (10 to 0) 8 (20 to 10) 9 (30 to 20) 10 (40 to 30) 11 (below 40)	any 1 (< 1 day) 2 (1 to 7) 3 (7 to 14) 4 (14 to 30) 5 (30 to 45) 6 (45 to 60) 7 (60 to 90) 8 (90 to 120) 9 (120 to 150) 10 (150 to 180) 11 (180 to 210) 12 (> 210)	any none glandular eglandular mixed
other
other field	search text	name field	search text
all hybridized grown named introduced registered awards published images differences comments updated history		all plant name translation synonyms numbers seed parent pollen parent
	± precision	database	missing data
search controls	exact ±1 entry ±2 entries ±3 entries	standard pending both	include if no data exclude if no data