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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 'Mrs Charles Pearson'
mauve-pink in bud opening pale mauve and eventually turning white
RHODODENDRON 'Mrs T.H. Lowinsky'
hardy hybrid with lilac flowers spotted brown-orange
RHODODENDRON 'Nancor'
Pale yellow flowers in profusion
RHODODENDRON 'Nancy Evans'
yellow, with the slightest hint of pink.
RHODODENDRON 'Naselle'
pink and cream bicolor.
RHODODENDRON 'Nova Zembla'
deep red flowers with a conspicuous dark blotch
RHODODENDRON 'Orakel'
(syn. 'Hachmann's Orakel') - Deep purple flowers with distinctive blackberry-red blotch.
RHODODENDRON 'Patty Bee'
Dwarf rhododendron. A choice dwarf hybrid with lemon-yellow flowers
RHODODENDRON 'Percy Wiseman'
peach-white yak. hybrid
RHODODENDRON 'Pinguin'
light violet flowers with a deep burgundy-red or almost black blotch
RHODODENDRON 'Pink Pearl'
Light pink
RHODODENDRON 'Polar Bear'
the last rhododendron to flower in mid-late summer with enormous scent and pure white flowers
RHODODENDRON 'Polaris'
('Hachmann's Polaris') - carmine-red in bud opening to pink marked with green
RHODODENDRON 'Polar Night'
compact growing with trusses of light purple flowers
RHODODENDRON 'Praecox'
early mauve