Adapted by permission from Vines Horticulture Gardens, 1990 Reference Guide and Catalog, published by Pete Vines.

These [evergreen Huang] hybrids are the result of an extensive hybridizing effort in China by Mr. Huang who is now deceased. Little is known of this hybrid group primarily because of Mr. Huang's demise and as a result of the destruction of most of his records and stock plants during the Chinese Cultural Revolution, a period during which Mr. Huang was forced to terminate his work on azaleas and toil as a laborer on a collective farm. Dr. G. F. Drake obtained cuttings of the hybrids from the Shanghai Botanical Garden in 1982 and introduced them in the United States for further evaluation. None of the three varieties known to have been used as parents have, to my knowledge, been introduced into the United States. I acquired approximately 40 varieties in 1983 and after three years of evaluation, became very excited with many of the cultivars. In fact, so much so, that I acquired another 80 cultivars in 1987.

Although many varieties have not been grown for sufficient time to allow a comprehensive evaluation, and the favorable winter conditions during the past two years have precluded adequate cold hardiness evaluation, it has become abundantly clear to me that they represent a major hybridizing effort and will ultimately come to include some of the "best 100" azaleas known to the Western world. The range of plant characteristics is very broad; including both small and very large blooms, small and extremely large foliage, plants with varying growth characteristics, and all major bloom forms. All cultivars were introduced without names, using a four digit numerical code (2-1-62 as an example). The code translates as follows:

First Digit - bloom time in Shanghai [bloom times shown below are in Springfield, Virginia]
1   Early April	2   Late April	3   Mid May	4   June
Second Digit - type and size of bloom
1   Large Single	2   Medium Single	3   Small Single	["Single" = "sgl"]
4   Large Hose in Hose	5   Medium Hose in Hose	6   Small Hose in Hose	["Hose in Hose" = "hih"]
7   Double ["dbl"], Semi-Double ["sdb"], and irregular Hose in Hose ["ihh"]
Third and Fourth Digit - color of bloom
11-19   White	21-29   Light Pink	31-39   Pink
41-49   Lavender	51-59   Rosy/Purple-Red	61-69   Red
71-89   Bi-Color or Variegated

Number	Width('')	Color; Variation	Type	Description;   Notes	Time	Leaves('')	Plant h x w	Hardy(°F)
1-1-11	2 1/2-3	white; strong yellow green blotch	sgl	2-3 to head, floriferous; nice	25 April
1-2-41	2	lavender	sgl		late April
1-3-23	2 1/2	light pink; rosy-red blotch	sgl		22 April
1-3-32	2 1/2-3	deep purple; strong red blotch	sgl	2 to head	27 April	large
1-3-52	1 1/2-2	strong purplish red	sgl	3 to head, star-shaped bloom	25 April
1-3-62	2	red	sgl		mid April
1-3-71	1 1/2	white; few pink stripes, sectors	sgl	2 to head	23 April
1-3-72	1 1/2	bi-color; light pink center, dark yellow pink margins, slight blush	sgl	3-4 to head, floriferous; showy	4 May			-5
1-5-12	2 1/2-3	white	hih		mid April
1-5-22	2 1/2-3	light pink	hih		mid April
1-5-51	2	rosy red	hih	2 to head	20 April
1-6-11	2	white; chartreuse blotch	hih	2 to head	29 April	nice	compact habit
1-6-51	1 1/2	strong purplish red	hih	2-3 to head	25 April
1-6-61	1 1/2-2	red	hih		mid April
2-1-21	3	light pink	sgl		early May	large (3 x 1 1/4)
2-1-22*	3 1/4	white to blush pink; strong yellow green blotch, peach-pink ridge in middle of each lobe	sgl	very heavy petal substance, beautiful form; exceptional	15 May		2 x 4.5 feet in 24 years	0
2-1-62	4-5	dark scarlet-red; dark red blush on top three petals	sgl	2 to head; very nice	26 April	large (4 x 1 1/4)	broad spreading	0 to -5
2-2-72	2 1/2-3	bi-color			early May	large (3 x 1 1/4)
2-4-74	3-3 1/2	bi-color	hih		1 May
2-5-23	2 1/2	bi-color; purplish-pink margin, light pink center	sgl/sdb	very long lasting bloom	1 June		3 x 3 feet	-5
2-5-41	2-2 1/2	lavender; light purple and white markings, outer petals blush-pink, gives bi-color appearance	hih	2-3 to head, floriferous; nice	18 May		24 x 35 inches	-10
2-5-44	2	lavender-pink; purplish-red blotch	hih	2 to head with imbricated lobes; nice	1 May		4 x 4 feet
2-5-65	2-2 1/2	salmon-pink	hih		1 May	nice	compact
2-5-71	1 3/4	white; rosy-red stripes and sanding, occasional rose-red selfs	hih	2-4 to head, very floriferous; nice	4 May		24 x 36 inches in 7 years	-5 to -10
2-5-72	2-2 1/2	bi-color	hih		early May
2-6-31	1 1/2	pink	hih		1 May
2-7-22	2-2 1/2	bi-color; light orchid-pink margin, white center	sgl	2 to head with pointed lobes	22 May	small	compact, 3 x 3 feet
2-7-51	2	purplish pink	hih/sdb	2-3 to head, floriferous; nice	1 May	very nice	compact habit
3-2-21	2 1/2	bi-color; reddish orange margin, light pink center	sgl	3 to head, star-shaped bloom	20 May	nice	cascading, 12 x 30 inches in 7 years
3-2-72	2	variable white; orchid-pink stripes and sectors, some pink with white margins and few purplish-pink selfs		floriferous	25 May
3-2-73	3	rosy-red; light pink streaks and sectors, occasional light pink bi-color	sgl	2 to head, imbricated; nice	23 May
3-5-34	2-3	pink	ihh		15 May		4 x 4
3-5-52	2 1/2	rosy-red	hih		15 May
3-5-74	1 1/2	white; coral-pink stripes and sectors	hih		1 May		spreading and cascading habit, 24 x 36
Number	Width('')	Color; Variation	Type	Description;   Notes	Time	Leaves('')	Plant h x w	Hardy(°F)
3-6-21	1 1/4	bi-color; rose margins, very light pink center	hih	3 to head, floriferous; showy	3 May			-5
3-7-22	2 - 2 1/2	light pink	dbl		20 May
3-7-34	2 3/4	rosy-red	dbl	2-3 to head, floriferous; nice	1 June		9 x 24 inches in 5 years	-10
3-7-43	2 1/2	bi-color; hot pink margin, very light pink center	dbl/sdb	2 to head	22 May			0 to -5
3-7-72	2 - 2 1/2	bi-color	dbl		20 May	narrow tapered	24 x 36 inches in 7 years
4-1-61	3	red	sgl		early June
4-1-75	3	bi-color	sgl		early June
4-2-31	2 1/2	pink	sgl	2 to head	5 June
4-2-41	2	lavender	sgl		early June
4-2-62	2 3/4	bi-color; rosy-red margin, pink center	sgl/sdb/dbl		1 June	excellent	compact habit	0
4-2-75	2 3/4	soft pink; purplish-red sectors, stripes and flakes, narrow white margin, dark rosy blush, purplish-red selfs; very fine plant	sgl	6 lobes	10 June		20 x 36	-5
4-2-81	2	bi-color	sgl		early June
4-3-84	2 1/2 - 3 1/2	bi-color; orange red margin, pink center	sgl	2 to head, star-shaped lobes; nices	1 June	red and yellow in Fall
4-2-86	2	bi-color; purplish-pink margin, white center, light pink blotch			5 June
4-5-41	2 3/4	rose-lavender	sgl		early June	superb	compact, low growing
4-5-51	2 1/2	strong purplish red, red blotch	sgl/hih	very nice color, pointed lobes	20 May	large (3 1/2 x 1 1/4)
4-6-12	1 3/4	white	hih		early June
4-6-71	1 3/4	bi-color	hih		early June
4-7-12	2 - 2 1/2	white	dbl		10 June
4-7-13	3 1/2	purple; purplish-red blotch	sgl		20 May	large (3 1/2 x 1 1/4)
4-7-41	2 1/2	pinkish-lavender	dbl		15 June
4-7-52	2 1/2	green throat	sgl/ihh	nice	28 May	nice	compact
4-7-53	2	purple; red blotch	dbl	2 to head	1 June		30 x 36
4-7-58	2 1/2	rosy-purple	dbl/sgl		1 June	nice	compact
4-7-59	3 - 3 1/2	pink	dbl		25 May	nice	compact
4-7-64	2 1/2	red	dbl		10 June
4-7-71	2 1/2	bi-color	dbl		10 June
4-7-74	2 1/2	variable white; orchid-red sanding, sectors and and selfs	dbl	nice	1 June	small	compact, 24 x 36
4-7-77	2 1/2	bi-color	dbl		8 June
4-7-78	2 1/2	bi-color	dbl		13 June	large (3 x 1 1/4)
4-7-81	2 1/2	white; purplish pink stripes, sectors and selfs	hih/dbl	petaloidy	27 May		24 x 36	-5
Number	Width('')	Color; Variation	Type	Description;   Notes	Time	Leaves('')	Plant h x w	Hardy(°F)

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* per a private communication from Pete Vines, 2-1-22 may be "one of the five best azaleas in the world"