Native Azaleas and Plants in the Wild

• Special Plants and Special Places   (New: 10/31/2004)
  This was an article written for the Fall 2004 Newsletter of the Potomac Valley Chapter of the American Rhododendron Society. Don will present the program at the Rhododendron Society's regular meeting on January 16, 2005 at the U.S. National Arboretum, and again at the Lahr Native Plant Symposium at the National Arboretum on March 19, 2005.
• The Best of the Best: In Search of Native Azaleas   (Garden Talk)
  Web version of Don Hyatt's keynote address given at the Azalea Society of America Convention in Asheville, NC, June 16, 2001.
• Identifying Native Azaleas   (Garden Talk)
  Tips on the identification of the 15 species of azaleas native to the Eastern United States
• Native Azaleas: Plants in the Wild and Flower Forms
  Graphics showing the native azaleas growing in the wild
• Rhododendron Prunifolium: A Late Flowering Form
  Pictures of a native azalea blooming in November
• Rare Forms of Native Azaleas, Spring 2003   (New: 11/15/2003)
  Pictures of some rare native azalea clones including double forms and unusual colors seen in the wild in 2003
• Flame Azaleas for the Thomas Jefferson Elementary Ecology Club   (New: 04/22/2004)
  Information about the Flame Azalea provided to students in the Thomas Jefferson Elementary School Ecology Club. This was an Earth Day presentation on April 22, 2004, where each student was given a native azalea seeedling to plant in their Falls Church community.

Gregory Bald in the Smokies

• Return to Gregory Bald   (Garden Talk)
  Web version of a 1998 article written for the ARS Journal
• The Gregory Bald Hybrids
  Some of the finer forms of native azaleas growing on Gregory Bald in the Smokies
• The Gregory Bald Hybrid Azaleas: Part 2
  Additional graphics of other exceptional forms on Gregory Bald

Roan Mountain and the Southern Appalachian Highlands

• The Roan Highlands   (Garden Talk)
  Wild flowers and native azaleas growing near Roan Mountain
• The Appalachian Trail at Roan Highlands
  More images of the spectacular scenery at Roan Mountain
• The Roan Highlands in Full Bloom
  Peak bloom for calendulaceum and catawbiense in the Roan Highlands, June 2001
• The Southern Appalachian Mountains in Autumn
  Autumn Color from October 2001
• More Pictures of the Roan Highlands and Appalachian Trail   (New: 11/25/2003)
  Additional pictures from Carver's Gap out to Grassy Ridge Point with native azaleas, rhododendrons, and wildflowers in full bloom
• Calendulaceum on Hooper Bald
  Exceptional forms of the Flame Azalea on Hooper Bald