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RHODODENDRON
Scented Rhododendrons suitable for conservatory or cool greenhouse are marked with an asterisk.
Syn. Azalea.
Genus of more than 1000 species of evergreen and deciduous trees and shrubs from Europe, Asia, Australasia and North America, particularly southwestern China, Tibet, Burma, northern India and New Guinea.
Evergreen rhododendrons vary greatly in size and usually have bell-shaped flowers with 10 stamens.
Azaleas have smaller, thinner leaves and are generally medium-sized shrubs with smaller, funnel-shaped flowers with, usually, 5 stamens.
The problem rhododendron, vigorous hybrids of R. ponticum, which is colonizing large areas has been given the name R x superponticum and is subject to EU legislation under the "Invasive Alien Species Regulation".
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Evergreen
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YellowPale yellow
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Dwarf shrubTypically only grows to a maximum of one or two feet in height but there will be some exceptions.
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Full sunShelter from strong winds
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Partial shade
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Additional FeaturesPests & DiseasesVine weevils, whiteflies, scale insects, caterpillars, aphids, honey fungus, powdery mildew, bud blast.Place of originGarden origin. UK. Williams, Caerhays Estate, Cornwall
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Soil ConditionsFertile moist well-drained soilHumus-richNeutral to acid soilIdeally pH4.5 - 5.5
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Toxic - Category CHarmful if eaten(People & Pets)
- Dead Heading
- Dead Heading - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Pruning
- Pruning - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Weed Killing
- Pests and Diseases
- Honey Fungus - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Maintenance - fallen tree - Video Tip ondemand_video
- General Pictures
- Further Reading
- Planting out rhodies - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Growing from seed
- Rhododendron Seed Collecting - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Potting on Rhododendron seedlings - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Propagation by taking semi-ripe cuttings - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Growing from cuttings
- Propagation by layering - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Propagation by other means
- Making a hybrid - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Making a hairy or scaly cross - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Caerhays bred 'Red Centurian'
- R. augustinii, edgeworthii x leucaspis, 'Anne Teese', loderi 'King George' - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Rhododendron cilpinense - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Rhododendron decorum (pink form) - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Rhododendron genestrianum - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Five late flowering rhodies - Video Tip ondemand_video
- R. niveum - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Rhododendron ‘Pink Polar Bear’ - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Scented Rhododendrons - Video Tip ondemand_video
- When is the right time to collect seeds?
- When are seeds actually ripe and ready for collection?
- Magnolia seed collection - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Cornus capitata seed collection - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Lithocarpus Seed Collection - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Rhododendron seed collecting - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Camellia seed collection - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Storing seeds over winter
- Embothrium Collecting and Storing Seeds
- Decaisnea Seed Collection & Potting












ABIES grandis

AZALEA - EVERGREEN 'Greenway'

CARPINUS kawakamii

MAGNOLIA sargentiana var robusta

RHODODENDRON

RHODODENDRON macabeanum

RHODODENDRON wardii

RHODODENDRON loderi 'King George'

RHODODENDRON 'May Day'

RHODODENDRON 'Saffron Queen'

RHODODENDRON 'Winsome'
Buy Varieties of RHODODENDRON
RHODODENDRON SPECIES

RHODODENDRON augustinii
striking blue flowers. A must for any woodland garden


RHODODENDRON bureavii
very attractive rich red furry indumentum on the undersides of the leaves is the key feature of this unusual and rare species. Flowers rose

RHODODENDRON burmanicum
Semi-dwarf rhododendron. Greenish-yellow flowers


RHODODENDRON calostrotum 'Gigha'
dwarf evergreen with dense, brown scales beneath leaves. Rose-purple flowers

RHODODENDRON calostrotum subsp. riparium Nitens
dwarf shrub with funnel shaped purple flowers

RHODODENDRON crassum
late scented white


RHODODENDRON edgeworthii
white flowers tinged pink with a rich scent. Bullate leaves with fawn indumentum


RHODODENDRON falconeri
large leafed species with creamy-yellow flowers late in the season

RHODODENDRON formosum
Semi-dwarf rhododendron. (Syn. Gibsonii) - white striped pink,lightly scented

RHODODENDRON fortunei subsp. discolor
late flowering with large trusses of fragrant white or pinkish flowers

RHODODENDRON hippophaeoides
grey-green leaves and lavender or rose coloured flowers

RHODODENDRON lindleyi
a straggly upright habit but one of the most beautiful and scented rhododendrons when in flower. Pure white in trusses of 3 or 5 flowers

RHODODENDRON lutescens
free-flowering canary-yellow with bronze foliage, hardy and vigorous


RHODODENDRON macabeanum
leaves up to a foot long and huge trusses of bell-shaped pale yellow flowers with purple blotches

RHODODENDRON oldhamii
hairy young shoots on this azalea-like species and brick red flowers


RHODODENDRON sinogrande
the largest leafed rhododendron of all with huge trusses of yellow fading to creamy-white flower with a crimson blush
RHODODENDRON HYBRIDS

RHODODENDRON 'Aladdin'
large pale salmon-pink flowers with darker throat. Late flowering.

RHODODENDRON 'Angelo'
huge trusses of trumpet-shaped white flowers, highly scented

RHODODENDRON 'Anna Rose Whitney'
very large bright deep pink

RHODODENDRON 'Apricot Nectar'
apricot flowers with ruffled edges.

RHODODENDRON 'Azurro'
purple flowers each with a dark red blotch

RHODODENDRON 'Bert's Own'
highly scented creamy-white flowers

RHODODENDRON 'Black Magic'
rich crimson-red flowers in large trusses

RHODODENDRON 'Blue Diamond'
Semi-dwarf rhododendron. Deep blue


RHODODENDRON 'Blue Peter'
violet flowers paling to white at the throat with maroon spots

RHODODENDRON 'Blue Tit'
Dwarf rhododendron. Clear blue

RHODODENDRON 'Bo peep' (pink form)
very early cerise pink


RHODODENDRON 'Christmas Cheer'
pink in bud fading to white.


RHODODENDRON 'Cilpinense'
dwarf rhododendron. Early pink

RHODODENDRON 'Cornish Red'
the tallest growing of all the Cornish woodland rhododendrons. Can reach 60-80 feet in maturity with large trusses of reddish-purple flowers
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