Cameras in hand, we roamed from side to side, looking for familiar friends from our previous trip, and discovering new clones that we had not seen before. There are thousands of entries, and each one is unique and excellent in its own right. Every shade that I have ever seen in a deciduous azalea is up on Gregory. Colors range from white, to pale pink and rose pink, to cherry, deep red, fuchsia, and almost purple. Other color blends run from cream to pale salmon and shrimp pink, to coral, orange, gold, and clearest yellow.
Some plants have prominent blotches in yellow or gold, while others are uniform in color.
Look around the base. Maybe we could select the best three of each color form instead. It is also one of the larger plants on the bald, and is located on the south side near the edge of the encroaching scrub forest. There are several nice yellows nearby, but as we noticed on our first trip, many of the yellows were a past peak condition. Many of the yellow flowered azaleas seem to bloom ahead of the rest on Gregory, although we found some new selections that were just opening up this time.