Rhododendron Plant Catalogue

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RHODODENDRON. Requires acid soil. Best in partial
shade but will grow in full sun if the roots are kept cool and
moist.

Rhododendron ‘Albert Schweitzer’ Light pink flowers with a deeper blotch, May to June. Dark green, evergreen leaves. Height 1.8 metres.

R. ‘Blue Peter’ Compact, conical trusses of frilly margined, cobalt-blue flowers paling to white in the centre with maroon spots, May to June. Pale green leaves, evergreen. Height 1.8 metres.

Rhododendron ‘Blue Tit’ Funnel shaped lavender blue flower s in April. Small green leaves, evergreen. Height and spread 1 metre.

Rhododendron ‘Christmas Cheer’ Was used for forcing as a Christmas flowering plant. Pink in bud fading to white, February to April. Mid green leaves, evergreen. Height and spread 1.2 metres.

Rhododendron ‘Cosmopolitan’ Pink flowers with dark spots in the throat in May. Dark green leaves, evergreen. Height and spread 1.5 metres.

Rhododendron ‘Cunninghams White’ Pink buds open to small white flowers with a pale yellow eye in May. Dark green leaves, evergreen. Height and spread 1.2 metres.

Rhododendron ‘Dora Amateis’ Pale pink buds open to white with yellow spots in April and May. Aromatic, dark green leaves bronzed in full sun, evergreen. Height 90cm. Spread 1.8 metres.

Rhododendron ‘Edith Bosley’ Deep purple-blue flowers with a dark centre, May to June. Dark green leaves, evergreen. Height 1.8 metres.

Rhododendron ‘Fastuosum Flore Pleno’ AGM Loose trusses of semi-double, pale mauve flowers with a greenish-yellow eye. Mid green leaves. Evergreen. Height and Spread about 1.5 metres.

Rhododendron ‘Firelight’ Cream flowers, speckled red in May. Dark green leaves, evergreen. Height and spread 1.2 metres.

Rhododendron ‘Furnivall’s Daughter’ AGM Tall trusses of pink flowers with a cherry pink blotch in May. Large green leaves. Evergreen. Height 1.5 metres.

Rhododendron ‘Golden Gate’

Rhododendron ‘Goldkrone’ AGM Golden yellow flowers lightly spotted ruby red, May to mid June. mid green leaves, evergreen. Height 1.2 metres.

Rhododendron ‘Gomer Waterer’ Rose tinged buds open to white, fragrant flowers flushed pale mauve and with a mustard basal blotch, May to June. Dark glossy green leaves, evergreen. Height 180cm.

Rhododendron ‘Grace Seabrook’ Funnel shaped red flowers, shaded darker red, early May. Dark green leaves, evergreen. Height 1.5 metres.

Rhododendron groenlandicum (was known as Ledum) rounded heads of small, white flowers are carried from April to June. Mid-green leaves, aromatic when crushed, evergreen. Height and spread slowly to about 1 metre.

Rhododendron ‘Halfdan Lem’ Large, tight trusses of dark red flowers in May. Deep green leaves. Evergreen. Height 150cm (5ft).

Rhododendron ‘Holden’

Rhododendron ‘Horizon Monarch’ Red buds open to pale yellow in May. Dark green leaves, evergreen. Height 1.8 metres.

Rhododendron impeditum Funnel shaped purplish blue flowers in April and May. Scaly grey-green leaves, evergreen. Height a dwarf variety 0,15 metres. Spread about 0.5 to 1 metre.

Rhododendron ‘Lady Clementine Mitford’ Soft peach pink, darker at the edges, has a faint yellow eye in May. Mid green leaves, evergreen. Height and spread 1.5 metres.

Rhododendron ‘Lord Roberts’ Dark red flowers with black markings May and June. Mid to dark green leaves, evergreen. Height 1.8 metres.

Rhododendron ‘Madame Masson’ Large trusses of loose, white, flowers with a yellow basal blotch, May and June. Dark green leaves. Evergreen. Height 1.8 metres.

Rhododendron ‘Mrs T.H. Lowinsky’ AGM Lilac flowers, whitish towards the centre and spotted brown. May. Mid green leaves. Evergreen. Height 1.5 metres. Spread 1.5 metres.

Rhododendron ‘Nova Zembla’ Deep red flowers with a dark blotch May to mid June. Dark green leaves. Evergreen. Height and Spread 1.5 metres.

Rhododendron ‘Pink Pearl’ Large conical trusses of rose coloured buds open to deep lilac pink then fade to white at the margins. May to June. Pale green leaves. Evergreen. Height 1.8 metres.

Rhododendron ‘Point Defiance’ Large flowers in white edged with red in May and June. Dark green leaves, evergreen. Height 1.8 metres.

Rhododendron pon. ‘Variegatum’ (Silver Edge) Trusses of mauve to lilac-pink flowers, often spotted in the throat, May and June. Narrow dark green leaves, variegated silvery white. Evergreen. Height and Spread 3 metres plus.

Rhododendron ‘Praecox’

Rhododendron ‘Princess Anne’ AGM Clear yellow flowers in April and May. Small green leaves, often bronze in winter. Evergreen. Height 0.3 metres. Spread 0.9 metres.

Rhododendron ‘Purple Passion’

Rhododendron ‘Ramapo’ Clusters of small violet-purple flowers in March and #April. Small green leaves, evergreen. Height, a dwarf species of 0.15 metres. Spread about 0.3 metres.

Rhododendron ‘Red Jack’ Ruby-red flowers, May to early June. dark green leaves, evergreen. Height 1.5 to 1.8 metres.

Rhododendron ‘Rocket’

Rhododendron ‘Scarlet Wonder’ Loose trusses of ruby-red flowers in April. Dark green leaves, evergreen. A dwarf shrub with height and spread between 0.45 metres and 0.6 metres.

Rhododendron ‘Scintillation’ Attractive large trusses of light pink flowers with a red to bronze flare in May. Dark glossy green leaves, sturdy and bushy growing, evergreen. Height and spread 1.8 metres.

Rhododendron ‘Snipe’ White flowers suffused and spotted pink, April and May. Glossy light green leaves, evergreen. Height and spread 0.6 metres.

Rhododendron ‘Tapestry’

Rhododendron ‘The Hon. Jean Marie de Montague’ Large bright scarlet flowers in May. Deep green leaves, evergreen. Height 1.5 metres. Spread 1.5 metres.

Rhododendron ‘Tinkerbird’ A dwarf rhododendron with coral-pink buds op[en to fragrant white flowers in May. Glossy mid-green leaves, evergreen. Height and spread 1 metre.

Rhododendron ‘Tortoisehell Champagne’ Rich yellow funnel-shaped flowers fading to pale yellow tinged pink in June. Mid green leaves, evergreen. Height 1.5 metres.

Rhododendron ‘Tortoisehell Orange’ Deep orange funel-shaped flowers in June. Mid green leaves, evergreen. Height 1.5 metres.

Rhododendron ‘Unique’ Pale yellow flowers tinged peach in round trusses, April to May. Mid green leaves. Evergreen. Height 1.2 metres.

Rhododendron ‘Wilgin’s Ruby’ Deep ruby red flowers with a brown blotch, May to early June. Dark green leaves, evergreen. Height 1.5 metres.

Rhododendron yakushimanum Rose coloured buds open to pale pink flowers fading to white, April. Dark green leaves covered with cream indumentum when young. Evergreen. Very slowly up to 1 metre.

Rhododendron yakushimanum ‘Golden Wedding’ AGM Brick red buds open the chrome yellow flowers in May. Dark green leaves, evergreen. Height 0.6 metres.

Rhododendron yakushimanum ‘Hoppy’ Funnel shaped flowers of pale lilac, fading to white, spotted with yellow in May. Dull green leaves, evergreen. Height – a vigorous but compact plant growing to 1 to 1.5 metres.

Rhododendron yakushimanum ?Percy Wiseman? AGM Pastel yellow shaded apricot and pink. May. Dark green leaves. Evergreen. Slowly up to 0.9 metres.

Rhododendron yakushimanum ‘Surrey Heath’ Rose-pink flowers with lighter edges in May. Mid green leaves, evergreen. Slow growing to a height of 90 cm.

Rhododendron yakushimanum ‘Titian Beauty’ Geranium red waxy flowers, May. Dark green with brown indumentum below. Evergreen. Slowly up to 0.75 metres.

Rhododendron Yellow Hammer Group Small, deep yellow, flowers in April and often again in the autumn. Light green scaly leaves. Evergreen. Height 1.2 metres. Spread 0.5 metres.