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Rhododendron Endsleigh Pink
Very attractive pale rose flowers in a small truss flowering in April/May. An arboreum hybrid from Endsleigh Gardens in Devon which forms a large upright shrub with attractive foliage. Height 150-180cm in 10 years.
Recommended for: pretty early flower.
Easy to grow.
Ideal position: Most garden situations.
Habit: Dense.
Group: Hybrid Rhododendron.
Parentage: arboreum hybrid.
Hybridization date:...
Deciduous Azalea Imago
Lovely deep yellow double flowers, tinged purplish red flowering in late May. One of Donald Waterer's later hybrids but still rare. Height 150cm in 10 years.
Recommended gorgeous flowers.
Easy to grow.
Group:Deciduous Azalea (Knaphill hybrid).
Parentage: unknown.
Hybridization date: pre 2000 (1959).
Bred by: Waterer (Bagshot). Origin: British.
Habit: compact.
Ideal position: Most sunny garden...
Rhododendron Fairy Light
Rarely seen elsewhere this plant has beautiful soft-pink flowers with a pronounced salmon throat. Flowering in June it is compact with a neat rounded shape. This one performs best in partial shade to protect the blooms from strong sun. Height 140-160cm in 10 years.
Recommended for: lovely late flower.
Plantsman range.
Ideal position: Dappled shade.
Habit: Dense.
Group: Hybrid Rhododendron.
Parentage:...
Rhododendron insigne AGM
A great plant with stunning pink bell shaped flowers with crimson spotting in May - June. It has distinctive pointed deep green glossy leaves with a silver/coppery metallic sheen on the underside. This is a tough plant with a neat bushy habit, particularly if grown in plenty of light. It does benefit from deadheading after flowering. Height 80 to 100cm in 10 years.
Recommended for good foliage and...
Rhododendron argyrophyllum 'Chinese Silver' AGM
Red in bud, opening to excellent clear pink bell-shaped flowers, with a darker flushing. Flowering in early May argyrophyllum Chinese Silver is an excellent clone that has attractive dark green silver-backed leaves. Height 125-150cm in 10 years.
Recommended for wonderful foliage.
Easy to grow.
Ideal position: sheltered woodland.
Habit: tree-like.
Group: Species Rhododendron.
Subsection: Argyrophylla.
Introduction...
Rhododendron Catharine van Tol
Striking carmine rose flowers that are paler in the centre with green spotting in the throat. Flowering in late May, this plant has an open habit and is very hardy. Height 150 -175 cm
Recommended for: Vibrant pink flowers that stand out from a distance.
Easy to grow.
Ideal position: Most garden situations.
Habit: Open.
Group: Hybrid Rhododendron.
Parentage: catawbiense hybrid.
Hybridization...
Pieris japonica Little Heath
(H5) Pink flowers in spring on a neat compact growing plant with small variegated leaves, cream edging, pink new growth.
Flowers best in a light airey position.
Ideal for patio pots.
Height 100-125cm in 10 years.
Requires moist acid soil.
Rhododendron Sennocke
Beautiful deep waxy-red funnel shaped flowers in late May. This is a low growing bushy compact plant with glossy bright green pointed leaves. Height 100-120cm in 10 years.
Recommended for: Striking flower and interesting foliage.
Easy to grow.
Ideal position: Most garden situations.
Habit: Dense.
Group: Hybrid Rhododendron.
Parentage: Register states 'unknown', but an old Hydon Nurseries catalogue...
Rhododendron Viscy AGM INKARHO
Now available on the Inkarho rootstock! Long lasting whisky coloured flowers with distinctive dark red spotting. A superb plant that flowers early to mid May which is set off by dark shiny round leaves. This is a tough plant, well worth a place in any garden. Height 140-160cm in 10 years.The German word for 'Whisky', and it gives longer lasting pleasure than a bottle of the hard stuff!Plant with plenty...
Acer palmatum dissectum 'Viridis'
Bright green foliage holds its colour well all summer, although it can burn in hot sun or wind. Orange and red autumn colours. Forms a dome shaped plant with a strongly cascading habit. Height of 100cm in 10 years.
Deciduous Azalea Strawberry Ice AGM
Lovely deep pink in bud opening to flesh pink flowers mottled deeper at the edges with a golden flare. Flowering in large trusses of 23 flowers up to 70mm across in May - June. It has bronzy young growth with good autumn colour. Height 150-180cm in 10 years.
Ideal for mixed borders.
Easy to grow.
Group:Deciduous Azalea (Exbury hybrid).
Parentage: unknown.
Hybridization date: pre 1950 (1947).
Bred...
Cornus kousa chinensis
White, flushed pink bracts up to 5cm in May-June. Leaves 3cm that turn a rich bronze and crimson autumn colour. Lovely flaking bark on a tall, spreading tree with an open habit. Height 2 to 4m in 10 years. Ideal in partial shade.
Rhododendron Veryan Bay
(H5) Pale pink bell shaped flowers which point downwards on red pedicels during April. A fine foliage plant raised by J C Williams at Caerhays in Cornwall crossing R. pseudochrysanthum x R. williamsianum. Height 50-75cm in 10 years. This is one of very few hybrids using the excellent foliage plant, R. pseudochrysanthum, which has given this plant some lovely foliage on a neat growing rounded plant....
Rhododendron Amity
This yakushimanum hybrid has lovely reddish buds which open to rose pink campanulate flowers in late May. It has fabulous yellowish orange indumentum on the underside of the leaves and the new leaf growth has striking silvery indumentum. Height 80-100cm in 10 years.
Ideal for containers and small gardens.
Easy to grow.
Group: yakushimanum.
Parentage: Grosclaude Group x 'Britannia' (s) X yakushimanum...
Rhododendron Catawbiense Boursault
(H7) Deep lilac purple buds opening to long lasting funnel shaped soft lilac purple flowers, with a small amount of reddish or pale brown markings in the upper lobe, create dense trusses opening in late May and carrying on well into June.This vigorous tough variety makes the perfect rhododendron for hedging and screening as it forms a lovely dense plant, easily growing between 175-200cm in 10 years...
Rhododendron Ilam Violet
Wonderful deep violet blue flowers in compact clusters flowering in April-May. These flowers really glow on the plant! The lovely reddish young aromatic leaves turn lettuce green in summer, then bronze in winter. The plant is best in light shade. Height 80-100cm in 10 years.
Recommended for small gardens and mixed borders with great foliage
Easy to grow
Ideal position: most garden situations but...
Evergreen Azalea Martha Hitchcock
(H6) Distinctive huge pinky magenta flowers with a prominent paler pink centre and darker spotting on the upper lobes. Really striking 75mm wide flowers during May, sometimes only magenta, and with or without the darker spotting. This azalea has an open spreading habit, and can be a little shy in flowering when young. Given warmer summer conditions, it is an excellent performer and well worth growing....
Rhododendron Tibet
Tibet is a gorgeous compact neat growing plant with pink buds that open into pure sparkling white bell-shaped flowers in April. A williamsianum hybrid with attractive rounded foliage with deep-green leaves. Height 80-100cm in 10 years.
Ideal for containers and small gardens.
Easy to grow.
Group: williamsianum.
Parentage: 'Bismarck' (s) X williamsianum.
Hybridization date: pre 2000 (1966)
Bred...
Rhododendron uvariifolium 'Reginald Childs'
Pretty pinky white bell shaped flowers, with a dark central blotch in a large truss of 12 to 18 flowers, in March - April. This is a handsome foliage plant with silvery woolly indumentum on the underside of the leaves and wonderful silver new growth. Height 150-180 cm in 10 years. A choice clone of R. uvariifolium introduced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Wakehurst Place, and registered in 1976.
Sometimes...
Calycanthus Venus
(H5) Large scented creamy-white Magnolia type flowers with yellow and purple central markings from late Spring to early summer. Deciduous multi-stemmed shrub with glossy green leaves that turn yellow-brown in autumn. Height 200-400cm in 10 years.
Calycanthus are deciduous shrubs with simple, aromatic leaves and solitary, fragrant flowers in summer.
Also known as × Sinocalycalycanthus 'Venus'
Rhododendron Goldika
Extremely attractive large bright yellow flowers with a showy red eye in late May and early June. This plant has bright green oval leaves. Height 140-160cm in 10 years.As with all yellow Rhododendrons, this plant does need good drainage (but not dry conditions!).
Recommended for: stunning yellow flowers.
Plantsman range.
Ideal position: Dappled shade, needs careful site selection.
Habit: Open.
Group:...
Rhododendron Beau Brummell
Flowering late in June, this plant has excellent late scarlet red, waxy flowers with darker speckling. It is certainly eye-catching and the flowers form a spectacular ball-shaped truss and lovely matt green foliage. It will perform best in light shade. Height 150-180cm in 10 years.It certainly ranks as one of our favourites and is ideal for hedging and screening.
Recommended for: Hedging/screening...
Rhododendron trichanthum 'Honey Wood'
This excellent selection has striking deep purple flowers with green mottling, paler in the throat, and reddish purple on the outside. Flowering in June this is a bushy plant with interesting small hairy leaves and stems. This selection was grown by J.B. Stevenson and introduced by A.E. Hardy in 1969. Height 140-160cm in 10 years.
Recommended for lovely late flower to extend the season.
Easy to...
Rhododendron Paola
(H6) Wonderful soft pink flowers with darker reddy-brown centres, opening in late May/early June with dark green matt foliage. This variety forms a dense compact plant growing wider than high. 125-150cm in ten years. Once again, its compact habit makes this plant ideal for middle of large boarders or perfect for the smaller modern garden.
• Recommended for: Smaller modern Gardens.• Easy...
Rhododendron Blaue Jungs INKARHO
Deep mauve blue flowers with a prominent chocolate blotch on the upper lobe. Mid to late May flowering. A very tough plant and striking plant from Germany. Height 150-175cm in 10 years. A tough plant which translates to 'Blue Guys' in English.
Plant with plenty of good ericaceous compost to aid establishment.
Recommended for: Hedging/screening.
Easy to grow.
Ideal position: Most garden...
Acer palmatum 'Bi-Hoo'
New leaves have tints of pink as they emerge in spring, then green summer leaves turn gold to red in autumn. Handsome yellow and orange winter stems. Best in sun or light shade. Forms a small tree or large shrub 2-4 m tall in 10 years.
With the colourful winter stems, Acer palmatum 'Bi-hoo' is an eye-catching plant all year and grows to be a large shrub or very small tree in time. It is best in...
Dwarf Rhododendron calostrotum keleticum AGM
(SALUENENSIA H6) A real dwarf gem with flatish crimson-purple flowers held above the foliage in May and June. Deep green shiny leaves forming a low mounded shrub. Height up to 30cm in 10 years. Dwarf Rhododendrons don't mind the sun but they hate too much heat, so do avoid reflected heat from South facing walls and patios, particularly if planting in containers.
Recommended for containers, rock...
Rhododendron High Summer
Another later flowering beautiful yellow variety raised by our own Ted Millais. It has soft creamy yellow flowers in late June which always attract attention. It is best in light shade to preserve the blooms. Height 150-180cm in 10 years.As with all yellow Rhododendrons, this plant does need good drainage (but not dry conditions!).
Recommended for: Late flowers.
Easy to grow.
Ideal position: Dappled...
Evergreen Azalea Hino Crimson AGM
This popular plant has small bright crimson flowers in April and May. With abundant flowering, it has good glossy foliage that turns reddish in winter. Height 75-90cm in 10 years.
Ideal for containers and small gardens, including rock gardens and front of borders.
Easy to grow.
Group:Evergreen Azalea (Kurume hybrid).
Parentage: 'Amoenum' (s) X ' Hinodegiri'
Hybridization date: pre 1950 (1944).
Bred...
Rhododendron degronianum heptamerum 'Oki Koki'
(PONTICA H4) Pink in bud, opening to white flowers with a deeper lining in a dense truss during April-May. A tough, neat growing plant forming a dome shape, with dark recurved leaves (130-180 x 40-55mm) and fawn indumentum on the undersides. Height 75-100cm in 10 years.
This plant was selected and named by David Millais from a batch of seed kindly sent by botanist Yuji Kurashige, who collected...
Pieris Carnaval AGM
(H5) White urn shaped flowers in panicles during spring on a neat compact growing upright plant. Variegated evergreen leaves with cream edging, red new growth turns green in summer. Flowers best in light and airy position. Height 100-125cm in 10 years. Ideal for patio pots. Requires moist acid soil.
A superb new introduction from Holland, name sometimes translated to Pieris Carnival.
Evergreen Azalea Dearest
A lovely looking Azalea with large rich pink flowers and darker markings, flowering in Mid May. The perfect gift for any occasion! Slightly tender, so best in sheltered positions. Height 50-75cm in 10 years.
Raised by noted New Forest Azalea breeder, George Hyde, and recently named by his daughter Rosemary Legrand.
Ideal for containers and small gardens.
Easy to grow.
Group:Evergreen Azalea (Hyde...
Rhododendron Picobello
(H7) Each flower truss is made up of 11 pure white flowers with a deep red blotch on the upper lobe. Wavy dark green foliage with a broad compact rounded habit. A very hardy plant, flowering in late May - early June. Height 125-150cm in 10 years.
• Recommended for: Middle of the boarder height• Easy to grow.• Ideal position: Most garden situations.• Habit: Dense mound.• Group:...
Deciduous Azalea Doloroso
(H6) Vivid orange-red flowers, with a paler dorsal lobe and frilly edging. Late May-early June. Flowers do not fade in sun but will last longer when dappled. Compact habit. Height 125-150cm in 10 years.
Ideal for mixed borders.
Easy to grow.
Group:Deciduous Azalea.
Parentage: Knap Hill Red x Knighthood X Cecile x Gibraltar.
Hybridization date: pre 2000 (1971), Registered 1988
Bred by: Hans...
Rhododendron Golden Gate
(H4) Reddish pink flowers with orange-yellow centres in open trusses during late May. A dense compact growing plant with small leaves which is easy to grow. Shy to flower when young Height 125 -150cm in 10 years.
Rhododendron Silver Copper
NEW! Masses of pinky-white frilly flowers with a dark red blotch in the centre, flowering in May. The plant is named for its wonderful new foliage during the summer months. The new growth in June and July is covered in a bright silvery tomentum (powdery coating) which turns a copper colour before washing off in autumn rains to reveal dark green leaves during the winter months. The leaf undersides are...
Rhododendron Goldflimmer
A great plant that has lilac mauve flowers with a yellow blotch in late May. This is one of the few Rhododendrons with variegated foliage and deserves a place in any garden. It has glossy, dark green leaves with prominent yellow splashings in the centre. Tough and reliable it is another favourite. Height 120-140cm in 10 years.
Recommended for: Variegated foliage.
Easy to grow.
Ideal position:...
Rhododendron argipeplum 'Fleurie'
Superb scarlet red bell-shaped flowers in a small truss flowering early, between February and April. A striking plant that has bristly branchlets when young. It has reddish smooth flaking bark and white, turning buff, indumentum on the underside of it's leaves. Height 80-100cm in 10 years.
This species was redefined in 1996, formerly being known as R. smithii and R. macrosmithii. This plant received...
Rhododendron Old Port
Extremely attractive medium reddish purple flowers with a deep blotch flowering in late May. This is a vigorous old hybrid with good glossy leaves. Height 150-180 cm in 10 years.
Recommended for: Striking flower and great foliage.
Easy to grow.
Ideal position: Most garden situations.
Habit: Dense.
Group: Hybrid Rhododendron.
Parentage: catawbiense hybrid.
Hybridization date: pre 1900 ( before...
Rhododendron Starbright Champagne
Creamy yellow flowers with pointed star like petals. Flowering mid to late May this is an exciting hybrid which is dense and slow growing. The young growth is reddish bronze. Height 120-150cm in 10 years.
Recommended for: Unusual flowers.
Plantsman range.
Ideal position: Dappled shade, needs careful site selection.
Habit: Dense.
Group: Hybrid Rhododendron.
Parentage: 'Yaku...
Pieris japonica Prelude AGM
(H5) Floriferous arching racemes of white, urn-shaped flowers in spring, on a low growing spreading, evergreen shrub with pink leaves in spring turning lustrous dark green Height 50-75cm in 10 years. Requires moist acid soil.
Rhododendron Naomi (AM form)
Richly textured, lightly scented flowers in trusses of pale pink with lilac shading to yellow and white in the centre. Flowering in early May this is a tall growing plant with shiny rounded leaves. Height 160-180cm after 10 years.Also known as Exbury Naomi.
Recommended for: pretty fragrant flowers.
Plantsman range.
Ideal position: Dappled shade.
Habit: Open.
Group: Hybrid Rhododendron.
Parentage:...
Magnolia liliiflora 'Nigra' AGM
Dark purple buds open to dark red purple flowers, paler inside, in late April to May. A slow growing, multi stemmed shrub. Height 150-175cm in 10 years.
Best in moist acid soils, but will tolerate neutral soils with good organic content.
Rhododendron Silbervelours
**** Launched at Chelsea Flower Show 2019****
(H5) Rounded trusses of pale pink, fading to cream with yellow green spotting in a truss of 14-16. Late April-May. A wonderful foliage plant with beautiful silvery white new growth for most of the season, with yellowy thick wooly indumentum on the undersides all summer, especially in full sun. Excellent habit. Height 100-125cm in 10 years.
• Compact...
Deciduous Azalea Fireworks
(H6) Bright orange flowers emerge from coppery-red buds in May-June. A tough upright variety, which gives extraordinary long-distant effect from a long distance. Requires moist acid soil. Height 125-150cm in 10 years.
• Recommended for bright orange flowers.• Easy to grow.• Group: Deciduous Azalea (Knap Hill hybrid).• Parentage: ‘Cecile’ X ‘Fireball’•...
Deciduous Azalea Golden Nectarine
Picture owned by and supplied by Tomma, Schroeder Rhododendron
(H6) This Knaphill style flower starts off light red-orange in bud before opening to a rich golden yellowy orange with tinges of red on the edges in late May. Very similar to Sunte Nectarine but much richer in colour. Quite often the new bronze, red leaves will start to open at the same time as the flowers which gives a very nice contrast....
Magnolia soulangeana 'Alba Superba'
Large tulip shaped pure white flowers with a rose-purple basal blotch. April-May flowering. Tolerates neutral clay soils. Forms a large shrub with wide spreading stems. Height 2-4 metres in 10 years. Best on moist acid soils.
Goblet shaped buds flushed with purple-red emerge into large, fragrant, pure white flowers on bare branches, Magnolia x soulangeana ‘Alba Superba’ forms a magnificent...
Rhododendron Marlis AGM
Fantastic red buds open to rose pink flowers with paler centres and star-shaped white lines. This plant flowers in May, buds up young and is neat growing. This is a consistently reliable plant and one that we would recommend. Height 80-120cm in 10 years. The registered name is 'Hachmann's Marlis'.
Ideal for containers and small gardens.
Easy to grow.
Group: yakushimanum.
Parentage: Mars X yakushimanum...
