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Rhododendron Midnight Beauty
(H6) Almost black buds open to dark burgundy red flowers with a darker blotch and wavy edges. Cream coloured anthers add extra interest. Height 150-175cm in 10 years.
• Recommended for: Tough variety and stunning colour.• Easy to grow.• Ideal position: Dappled shade in most garden situations.• Habit: Can be thin so plant with other Rhododendrons.• Group: Hardy Hybrid.•...
Rhododendron Midnight Mystique
(H5) Dramatic, bi-coloured flowers have a creamy coloured centre, bronze speckles in the throat and a dark maroon/purple edge in May. Upright habit on a plant which grows wider than high. Height 120-150cm in 10 years.
Rhododendron montroseanum
Beautiful pink flowers with a crimson blotch flowering in March. This is a wonderful foliage plant for milder gardens with dark green shiny leaves up to 45cm long with whitish indumentum on the underside. Young growth is particularly attractive. Height 150cm in 10 years. Please note this is one of the more tender of the large leaved species and really does need good shelter from wind and cold.Named...
Rhododendron Moonstone
(H5) Characterful lax trusses of yellow bell shaped flowers opening to creamy pink in April. Rounded mid green leaves. Raised by J C Williams, campylocarpum x williamsianum. Height 100-125cm in 10 years.
• Ideal for containers and small gardens.• Easy to grow.• Parentage: campylocarpum x williamsianum.• Hybridization date: pre 2000 (1958).• Bred by: J.C. Williams Origin: British.•...
Rhododendron Moser's Maroon
(H5) Dark-red flowers with black spots, in compact rounded trusses. Leaves have striking coppery-red growth, which remains red-tinged all summer. Height 125-150cm in 10 years. Requires moist acid soil.
• Recommended for: Interesting copper-brown young foliage.• Ideal position: Dappled shade in most garden situations.• Habit: Bushy.• Group: Hardy Hybrid.• Parentage: (maximum...
Rhododendron Mount Everest
Superb pure white flowers with red-brown speckling in the throat. This is a showy plant that is very free flowering in May and faintly scented. Mid-green leaves on a dense, bushy vigorous plant. Height 150-180cm in 10 years.This is a great plant that is ideal for hedging and screening.
Recommended for: Wonderful pure white flowers.
Easy to grow.
Ideal position: Most garden situations.
Habit:...
Rhododendron Mrs A .T. de la Mare AGM
This is a super plant with blush pink buds that open to fragrant white frilled flowers with green spotting. Flowering in May with good glossy foliage Mrs A T de la Mare is an excellent hardy plant with an upright spreading habit. Height 150-180cm in 10 years.
Recommended for: Pure white scented flower on a tough plant.
Easy to grow.
Ideal position: Most garden situations.
Habit: Can become tree-like.
Group:...
Rhododendron Mrs Charles Pearson AGM
This pretty and useful plant has mauve-pink buds that fade to near white in flower with brown spots. It has good dark foliage and flowers in late May to early June. It is vigorous and has an upright and dense habit. Height 180cm in 10 years.It certainly is one of our favourites and is ideal for hedging and screening. Vigorous and tolerating sun and heat, this is a great plant. Height 150-180cm in 10...
Rhododendron Mrs T.H. Lowinsky AGM
Mauve buds open to orchid pink and fade to white with a conspicuous and distinctive orange blotch in June. Mrs T H Lowinsky is a very hardy and fast growing plant. Height 180-200cm in 10 years.She is ideal for hedging and screening. Vigorous and tolerant of heat.Also known as Mrs Tom H. Lowinsky.
Recommended for: Hedging/screening.
Easy to grow.
Ideal position: Most garden situations.
Habit:...
Rhododendron Mrs T.H. Lowinsky AGM (Second's)
Please note these are great plants but have been reduced as they are not first grade. If you are interested in any of these and wish to see photos please email or call and we can get some over to you.
Mauve buds open to orchid pink and fade to white with a conspicuous and distinctive orange blotch in June. Mrs T H Lowinsky is a very hardy and fast growing plant. Height 180-200cm in 10 years.She is...
Rhododendron Nancy Evans AGM
Orange buds opening to deep golden yellow flowers on this stunning plant. It flowers in early May and in our opinion is one of the best yellow varieties. The foliage is of particular interest having distinct oval leaves. New foliage has bronzy leaves which turn a lovely glossy deep green. Height about 140cm, and spread about 160cm in 10 years.As with all yellow Rhododendrons, this plant does need good...
Rhododendron Naselle
Exciting large bi-colour flowers, salmon pink with a creamy yellow centre that flower in May. Young foliage is pale maroon. Well worth trying. Height 140-160cm in 10 years.
Recommended for: Striking flower and great foliage.
Easy to grow.
Ideal position: Most garden situations.
Habit: Open.
Group: Hybrid Rhododendron.
Parentage: 'Big Sam' X 'Lem's Cameo'.
Hybridization...
Rhododendron Nimrod
(H5) Pale pink bell shaped flowers, heavily speckled and blotched purplish red, in a large well filled truss. Flowering in April. A choice plant of good stature, ideal for light woodland. Height 150-175cm in 10 years.
Rhododendron Nofretete
(H6) Bright red flowers, white in the throat, with red-brown spotting on the dorsal lobe, fading paler with age in May. A great foliage plant, neat habit. Bred Bruns (Germany) 1961. Height 100-125cm in 10 years. Please note this variety can be shy to flower, so you may need to wait 2-3 years.
• Ideal for containers and small gardens.• Easy to grow.• Parentage: ‘El Alamein’...
Rhododendron Old Port
PLEASE NOTE THESE PLANTS ARE REDUCED DUE TO BEING EITHER A LITTLE ON THE SMALL SIDE OR HAVING FEW TO NO FLOWER BUDS.
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:...
Rhododendron Orakel
(H7) Striking dark purple variety with a distinctive blackberry blotch. A tough variety from Hachmann's Nursery in Northern Germany, flowering in late May-early June, with good winter hardiness. Height 150-175cm in 10 years.
Shortlisted for RHS Chelsea Flower Show Plant of the Year, 2016. One of 3 plants entered by Millais Nurseries that reached the top 20 selections of the Show!
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Rhododendron Orakel INKARHO
(H7) Now available on the Inkarho rootstock! Striking dark purple variety with a distinctive blackberry blotch. A tough variety from Hachmann's Nursery in Northern Germany, flowering in late May-early June, with good winter hardiness. Height 150-175cm in 10 years.
Shortlisted for RHS Chelsea Flower Show Plant of the Year, 2016. One of 3 plants entered by Millais Nurseries that reached the top 20...
Rhododendron orbiculare (Hydon BH1786) AGM
(FORTUNEA H6) Rose or purplish-pink bell shaped flowers in a loose truss. April-May. Distinct bright green rounded leaves with heart shaped base. Height 80-120cm in 10 years. Best in a fairly sunny spot.
Recommended for distinctive foliage.
Easy to grow.
Ideal position: most sunny garden situations.
Habit: compact and dense.
Group: Species Rhododendron.
Subsection: Fortunea.
Introduction date:...
Rhododendron oreotrephes 'Pentland' AGM
Wonderful clone with deep mauve flowers with a paler centre in April-May. A very desirable species with beautiful sea-green foliage which is highly recommended. This selection was obtained from the Royal Botanic Gardens in Edinburgh by Peter Cox and introduced in 1990. R. oreotrephes Pentland has a tidy upright habit. Height 75-100cm in 10 years.
Recommended for wonderful foliage.
Easy to grow.
Ideal...
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 Paola INKARHO
(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.
Plant with plenty of good ericaceous compost to aid establishment.
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Rhododendron Percy Wiseman AGM
Stunning showy peach pink and cream flowers, fading to creamy white in May. Good foliage and very floriferous. This is one of the most popular rhododendrons available and is certainly one of our favourites. Height 100-140cm in 10 years.
Named in honour of Waterer's Nurseries head propagator at the time that they were breeding the first generation of yakushimanum hybrids.
Ideal for containers and...
Rhododendron Perfect Lady
This plant is a real gem. It has lovely foliage with good indumentum on the underside of the leaves and small trusses of pretty soft yellow bell-shaped flowers edged deep rose in late May. Highly desirable plant which starts flowering after 4 years - well worth the wait! Height 80-100cm in 10 years. Bred by F. E. W. Hanger, the Curator at the RHS Garden, Wisley.
Ideal for containers and small gardens.
Easy...
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:...
Rhododendron Pink Pearl AGM
A popular old British hardy hybrid with large conical trusses of soft pink flowers fading nearly white with red-brown speckling. Flowering in May this is a vigorous plant with a dense upright habit which performs best in a fairly sunny position. It's not so good in shade, where it can become a bit straggly, but light pinching of single shoots will maintain its shape. It is ideal for hedging and screening....
Rhododendron Polar Bear
Icy white and strongly fragrant trumpet-shaped flowers with a light green throat. Flowering in July it has large veined foliage on a fast growing sturdy shrub. It does need some shelter and a warm position. Height 180 cm or more, in 10 years. Rarely available elsewhere, and highly sought-after. Flowering may take up to 10 years
Recommended for: Later flowering and scent.
Plantsman range.
Ideal...
Rhododendron Polaris AGM STANDARD
This tough plant has red buds opening to ruby pink, ruffled flowers with a paler centre in May. It has good foliage and is sun and cold tolerant. These standards have a clear stem of about 80cm, with a lollipop head of foliage and flower on top. Currently the size of the well-branched head is about 30cm, and it will grow to around 80cm in 10 years.
Standards will always require staking with a good...
Rhododendron Polarnacht
PLEASE NOTE THESE PLANTS ARE REDUCED DUE TO BEING EITHER A LITTLE ON THE SMALL SIDE OR HAVING FEW TO NO FLOWER BUDS.
Much admired dark purple wavy-edged flowers with deep red spotting. Flowering in late May to early June it has good dark green foliage with a dense, compact habit that grows wider than it does tall. It is a modern hybrid from Rhododendron Purple Splendour but has a much deeper colour....
Rhododendron Porzellan AGM
This stunning plant has white flowers with a prominent greenish-yellow blotch flowering in May. Bred by Hans Hachmann in Germany, this plant performed very well in RHS trials, and it is rare to have such a striking flower with a blotch on a yakushimanum hybrid. Height 80-100cm in 10 years.
Registered name is 'Hachmann's Porzellan'.
Ideal for containers and small gardens.
Easy to grow.
Group:...
Rhododendron Princess Alice FCC
(H4) Lovely scented white flowers, flushed pink on the outside. April-May flowering, on a plant with low growing habit. A tender variety best grown in a sheltered garden or cool conservatory. Height 75-100cm in 10 years. Best in moist well drained compost.
Recommended for the cool conservatory and its lovely scented flowers.
Easy to grow.
Ideal position: sheltered position in the garden or in...
Rhododendron Prinses Maxima
(H6) NEW! Cream coloured double flowers, with prominent red spotting over all the lobes. Mid to late May flowering. A very hardy plant from Tijs Huisman, in Northern Holland. Height 150-175cm in 10 years. Shortlisted for RHS Chelsea Flower Show Plant of the Year, 2016. One of 3 plants entered by Millais Nurseries that reached the top 20 selections of the Show!This is a very complicated cross involving...
Rhododendron Pubicostatum
(TALIENSIA H7) Trusses of light pink flowers. April-May. Excellent foliage with sparse brown indumentum on underside. Probably natural hybrid between R. bureavii and R. sikangense. Height 40-60 cm in 10 years.
Rhododendron Queen Bee
**** As launched by us at RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2019****
(H5) Rosy-pink in bud, opening to pinky white bell shaped flowers in April. A wonderful foliage plant with lovely fawn indumentum especially on new growth in June-July, turning brown underneath and silvery on top. Height 50-75cm in 10 years. A beautiful rhododendron with a very promising future. This combines the lovely fawn indumentum from...
Rhododendron Queen Elizabeth II
Lovely glowing trusses of clear primrose yellow funnel shaped flowers 30 x 115mm in early-mid May. This is a vigorous strong growing plant of fairly upright open habit. Height 140-160cm in 10 years.As with all yellow Rhododendrons, this plant does need good drainage (but not dry conditions!). It also needs some shelter.
Recommended as a nice vigorous plant with pretty flowers.
Easy to grow.
Ideal...
Rhododendron Rabatz INKARHO
(H7) Bright fiery red flowers with darker speckling, contrasting with pale anthers. Late May-June flowering. An attractive hybrid with wide funnel flowers. Height 150-180cm in 10 years.
This is a third generation plant from Hans Hachmann in Germany. The lineage of this plant goes back to "Hachmann's Feuerschein" in 1978. Since then, Hachmann kept re-crossing his varieties until he obtained the quality...
Rhododendron Red Jack
Attractive ruby red flowers in a tall conical truss during mid May. This is a good solid red that catches the eye. Bred at Boskoop Research Station, Holland, we think it is a lovely plant. Height 150-180cm in 10 years.
Recommended for: Good strong red.
Easy to grow.
Ideal position: Most garden situations.
Habit: Dense.
Group: Hybrid Rhododendron.
Parentage: 'Wilgen's Ruby'...
Rhododendron Red Star (Bohlkens Roter Stern) INKARHO
(H6) Deep red buds opening to rich red flowers with a lighter centre in mid May.This lovely compact variety has deep matt green leaves and grows to be 90 – 125cm in 10 years. Plant with a good ericaceous compost. Requires moist free draining soil.
• Easy to grow.• Ideal position: Most garden situations• Habit: Dense.• Group: Hybrid.• Parentage: Anushka x Collective...
Rhododendron rex AGM
Wonderful pale rose or white flowers with a crimson blotch in April-May on a plant that will eventually make a small tree. One of our favourites, it has 30-40cm shiny dark green leaves with a pale buff woolly indumentum beneath. Height 150-180cm in 10 years. Awarded the AGM in 2013, this is one of the toughest and most reliable of all big leaved species.
Big leaved rhododendrons have great architectural...
Rhododendron Rexima
(H5) An interesting foliage plant, combining the winning traits of R. yakushimanum and R. rex. Lilac pink in bud, opening white with a dark red basal blotch and markings in May. Large dark green leaves with brown indumentum on the undersides, which have been inherited from the big leaved R. rex, but growing in a useful compact habit due its yakushimanum parentage. Height 100-125cm in 10 years.
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Rhododendron Roseum Elegans
Beautiful lavender flowers fading to pink, with reddish brown spotting. Flowering in late May early June this lovely old hybrid has olive green foliage. It tolerates sun, heat and cold and is a dense and vigorous grower. It is ideal for windbreaks or hedging and screening. Height 180cm in 10 years.
Recommended for: Hedging/screening.
Easy to grow.
Ideal position: Most garden situations.
Habit:...
Rhododendron Roseum Elegans (Second's)
Please note these are great plants but have been reduced as they are not first grade. If you are interested in any of these and wish to see photos please email or call and we can get some over to you.
Beautiful lavender flowers fading to pink, with reddish brown spotting. Flowering in late May early June this lovely old hybrid has olive green foliage. It tolerates sun, heat and cold and is a dense...
Rhododendron roxieanum var. oreonastes AGM
Attractive white flowers flushed pink with delicate purple spotting in April - May. This is a wonderful choice foliage plant with dark narrow linear leaves that have an interesting buff indumentum on the underside. This is one of the species most prized by Rhododendron collectors, due to its fantastic foliage. However it can be shy to flower in some years and it dislikes fertilizer.
Recommended...
Rhododendron Rusty Dane
Pink buds open to pure white flowers, mid to late May. A wonderful foliage selection which looks good all year, with cream indumentum on the new leaves turning rusty reddish brown, and thickly felted on the lower surface as they mature. Height and spread is 50-75cm in 10 years with a broad habit.
Another great Danish foliage selection from Svend Hansen, using the species parents R. bureavii x R....
Rhododendron Schneekrone AGM
A tough plant with white flowers tinged soft pink and spotted ruby red in a ball shaped truss of 12 to 17 flowers, each approximately 50mm. Flowering in May this is one of the best white yakushimanum hybrids for cold climates. Height 80-100cm in 10 years. Translated, this plant is 'Snow Crown' and it certainly is a real beauty.
Ideal for containers and small gardens.
Easy to grow.
Group: yakushimanum.
Parentage:...
Rhododendron Schneekrone AGM STANDARD
A tough plant with white flowers tinged soft pink and spotted ruby red in a ball shaped truss of 12 to 17 flowers, each approximately 50mm. Flowering in May this is one of the best white yakushimanum hybrids for cold climates. Currently the size of the well-branched head is about 30cm, and it will grow to around 75cm in 10 years.
Translated, this plant is 'Snow Crown' and it certainly is a real beauty.
These...
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 September Red
(H5) Pure red coloured flowers with thin brown markings. An interesting variety which flowers most years in September, and again in May - giving two bites of the cherry! Height 75-100cm in 10 years.
Ideal for containers and small gardens.
Easy to grow.
Group: yakushimanum.
Parentage: yakushimanum x R. 'Sammetglut'
Hybridization date: unknown.
Bred by: Klaus Löptien. Origin: German
Habit:...
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.
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