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