Azalea question

[John Mitchell]

Yet another question for plant experts -- I'm thinking that these are  Hino Crimson Azaleas. Am I correct?

 

Thanks in advance.

 

[Ed Rooney]

Yikes, I snapped some azaleas an hour ago! They were pink. I asked three passing women what they were. Like me, none of them had a clue. Thanks, John. 

[John Mitchell]

1 hour ago, Ed Rooney said:

Yikes, I snapped some azaleas an hour ago! They were pink. I asked three passing women what they were. Like me, none of them had a clue. Thanks, John. 

 

Figuring out that they were azeleas was the easy part. Apparently, there are about 10,000 types of azeleas. 😲

[John Mitchell]

Now I'm thinking that the plant I photographed might be Japanese azelea or azelea Japonica.

 

Perhaps I should just stick with "red azeleas" -- too many azeleas for me. 🥱

[John Richmond]

Certainly one of the small flowered evergreen Japanese azaleas,  'Hino Crimson' is probably the commonest deep red but there are many others.  Parentage is - to say the least - complicated so it's best not to give a species name.

[John Mitchell]

7 hours ago, John Richmond said:

Certainly one of the small flowered evergreen Japanese azaleas,  'Hino Crimson' is probably the commonest deep red but there are many others.  Parentage is - to say the least - complicated so it's best not to give a species name.

 

Thanks very much, John. I'm happy with that.