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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 'Princess Anne'
Semi-dwarf rhododendron. Dense habit and flowers which are greenish in bud opening pale yellow
RHODODENDRON 'Royal Flush'
flowers white striped with pink
RHODODENDRON 'Rwain'
pink buds opening pink with a yellow flush and then fading to white with pink edges
RHODODENDRON 'Scarlet Wonder'
Semi-dwarf rhododendron. Dark red
RHODODENDRON 'Sir Charles Lemon'
large trusses of white flowers with faint red spotting. Bright cinnamon-brown indumentum. Tree like.
RHODODENDRON 'Sneezy'
dwarf rhododendron. Soft pink yak. hybrid
RHODODENDRON 'Surrey Heath'
Dwarf rhododendron. Yak. hybrid with rose-pink flowers and brown spots
RHODODENDRON 'Taurus'
strong red with darker markings
RHODODENDRON 'Temple Belle'
attractive rounded leaves and clusters of bell-shaped rose-pink flowers
RHODODENDRON 'Tortoiseshell Orange'
deep orange flowers late in the season
RHODODENDRON 'Veryan Bay'
raised at Caerhays, this medium growing hybrid has a profusion of shell pink flowers & is ideal for the smaller garden
RHODODENDRON 'Wee Bee'
Dwarf rhododendron. Tubular, frilled rose-pink flowers with red spots
RHODODENDRON 'Willbrit'
deep pink bell-shaped flowers and attractive oval reddish new leaves
RHODODENDRON 'Wine and Roses'
stunning foliage, pink to red on the back of the leaf and new growth, bronze. Profuse pink flowers and compact habit
RHODODENDRON 'Winsome'
salmon, bushy habit