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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".
Garden location should have suitably acidic soil.
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Toxic - Category CHarmful if eaten(People & Pets)
- 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. loderi 'King George' - Video Tip ondemand_video
- R. niveum - Video Tip ondemand_video
- R. 'Ostara' - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Rhododendron ‘Pink Polar Bear’ - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Scented Rhododendrons - Video Tip ondemand_video
Buy Varieties of RHODODENDRON
RHODODENDRON HYBRIDS
RHODODENDRON 'Hydon Velvet'
pale pink flowers with striking indumentum on the underside of the leaves
RHODODENDRON 'Invitation'
pink-tinted cream flowers.
RHODODENDRON 'J.C. Williams'
good purplish-blue form of R. impeditum. Extremely floriferous and grows to 6 feet
RHODODENDRON 'Koichiro Wada'
the Rhododendron Society members voted this as their most popular choice of rhododendron at the 2016 centenary. It is the best form of R.yakushimanum with pink buds opening apple-blossom pink and then white
RHODODENDRON 'Lem's Monarch'
red in bud opening to huge stunning pink flower trusses with red edging fading to pale pink
RHODODENDRON loderi 'King George'
soft pink in bud opening to pure white, highly scented
RHODODENDRON loderi 'Pink Diamond'
slightly smaller flowers than loderi 'King George'. A delicate pink with a basal flash of crimson
RHODODENDRON 'Lord Roberts'
deep red marking in black throat
RHODODENDRON 'Madame Masson'
deeply cut white flowers with a yellow basal blotch
RHODODENDRON 'Marcel Menard'
deep purple-violet flowers with greenish speckling in the throat
RHODODENDRON 'May Day'
scarlet
RHODODENDRON 'Midnight Beauty'
very dark burgundy-red flower
RHODODENDRON 'Moerheim'
Dwarf rhododendron. Violet flowers. Probably a hybrid of impeditum
RHODODENDRON 'Moonstone'
bell-shaped flowers, rose-crimson in bud opening cream or pale yellow
RHODODENDRON 'Moser's Maroon'
maroon-red flowers with darker markings inside