| Name: Holly Springs | Hybridizer: Pete Vines | Legacy: Yes | |
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| The Holly Springs evergreen azalea hybrids were created by Col. Ronald C. Vines (Ret.) in Springfield, Virginia just south of Washington, DC. Col. (“Pete”) Vines started his hybridizing program in 1977 “to produce azaleas with larger blooms, dwarf to mid-size growth habit and increased cold hardiness”. Descriptions from his 1990 catalog for the named hybrids are reproduced on our Holly Springs (named) page, and descriptions for the numbered hybrids which he had selected but not yet named are reproduced on our Holly Springs (numbered) page. Pete numbers his hybrids such as HS-85-32-07, where 85 is the year he made the cross, 32 shows it was the 32nd cross made within that year, and 07 shows it was the 7th plant selected from that cross. | |||