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RHODODENDRON
Commonly known as Rose bay
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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Deciduous
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Evergreen
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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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Medium shrubTypically grow to around 4-6 feet in height
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Tall Shrub
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Burncoose SpecialitiesRhododendrons
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Scented PlantsScented flowers
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Soil ConditionsAcid / ericaceous lovingIdeally pH 4.5-6.0Fertile moist well-drained soilHumus-richNeutral to acid soil
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Toxic - Category C
Harmful if eatenPeople and pets, i.e. cats, dogs, rabbits, rodents, tortoises -
WildlifeRabbit Resistant
- Dead Heading
- Dead Heading - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Pruning
- Pruning - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Dwarf Rhododendrons for smaller spaces - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Weed Killing
- Pests and Diseases
- Drought issues - Video Tip ondemand_video
- 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 Program - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Growing from cuttings
- Propagation by taking semi-ripe cuttings - Video Tip ondemand_video
- 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. 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
- 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
Buy Varieties of RHODODENDRON
RHODODENDRON HYBRIDS
RHODODENDRON 'Gartendirektor Rieger'
creamy white speckled with red spots
Gift-wrapping available
RHODODENDRON 'Germania'
small growing with dark green leaves and upright trusses of deep pink flowers
Gift-wrapping available
RHODODENDRON 'Ginny Gee'
Dwarf rhododendron. Choice pink flowers fading to white as they open
Gift-wrapping available
RHODODENDRON 'Golden Oriole' var talavera
very early flowering Caerhays hybrid with clear pale yellow flowers
Gift-wrapping available
RHODODENDRON 'Golden Torch'
salmon-pink in bud opening pale yellow
Gift-wrapping available
RHODODENDRON 'Gomer Waterer'
white flowers in large trusses flushed pale mauve
Gift-wrapping available
RHODODENDRON 'Graziella'
narrow, glossy green leaves and a profusion of pink flowers
Gift-wrapping available
Gift-wrapping available
RHODODENDRON 'Graffito'
pale pink buds opening white with deep red flare
Gift-wrapping available
RHODODENDRON 'Hachmann's Charmant'
pure white flowers on the inside with a pretty red marking and the edge of the wavy petals is pink
RHODODENDRON 'Hachmann's Finesse'
pure yellow
Gift-wrapping available
RHODODENDRON 'Hachmann's Metallica'
blue-purple flowers with a deep purple blotch
Gift-wrapping available
RHODODENDRON 'Halfdan Lem'
large deep red flowers and dark glossy leaves
Gift-wrapping available
Gift-wrapping available
RHODODENDRON 'Hallelujah'
rose-red flowers in dense trusses
Gift-wrapping available
Gift-wrapping available
RHODODENDRON 'High Sheriff'
pink in bud, opening to pale pink, almost white bell-shaped flowers
Gift-wrapping available
RHODODENDRON 'Hoppy'
Semi-dwarf rhododendron. Pale lilac fading to white spotted yellow, yak. Hybrid
Gift-wrapping available
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