Tag: Azaleas

Azaleas 101: Single Flowers

Azalea Flowers 101

Single

   Most people aren’t aware that the flower shapes have been categorized. This posting will cover the simplest of the shapes: the single.  Later posts will display hose-in-hose, semi-double and double flowers

Single flowers have 5 petals and 5 stamens (and one pistil.) At the base of the flower’s tube will be a very small rosette of green leaves, called: the calyx. In some of the pictures below, look for flowers that sit sideways and you can see it.

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Above is the Kurume ‘Christmas Cheer’, a standard single type.
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This Bob Stewart hybrid, 5-97, shows the calyx well on several flowers.
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Bob Stewart hybrid 2-97 has a prominent blotch at the top, as well as ruffled edges.
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Some single flowers have a prominent border, such as this Glenn Dale ‘Fawn’.
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It’s not common, but some flowers have very narrow petals, such as on this ‘Koromo Shikabu’. The name for this shape is “strap”.
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This unknown plant has streaking and speckles.

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