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Dwarf Rhododendron Ramapo AGM
An exceptionally hardy American hybrid that we have nick-named Rambo on the nursery! It has good violet blue flowers in April, and attractive blue-green leaves all growing season. It is so tough it will take full sun. Height 40-60cm in 10 years.
Unusually for a dwarf variety this plant is heat tolerant. It is a tough plant that we are rather fond of.
Recommended for containers, small gardens and...
Rhododendron (yak) Lupinenberg Laguna INKARHO
(H6) Now available on the Inkarho rootstock! Purple buds open to deep mauve flowers with green yellow speckling, in late May. An excellent neat and compact growing plant, and one of the deepest mauve yakushimanum hybrids. Bred in Northern Germany, and very hardy to -20°C. Height 75-100cm in 10 years.
Also known as Bohlken's Lupinenberg Laguna.
Lupinenberg translates to 'Lupin Mountain'. Developed...
Rhododendron (yak) Kalinka INKARHO
Now available on the Inkarho rootstock! This lovely plant is red in bud, opening to ruby pink flowers with ruffled darker edges. It fades to pale rose pink with greenish yellow spots in May. It has a compact habit and dark shiny leaves with thin brown indumentum on the underside. Height 100cm in 10 years.Plant with plenty of good ericaceous compost to aid establishment.
Ideal for containers and...
Rhododendron Hampshire Belle
An absolute must for every garden with narrow pointed leaves always smothered with pretty pink flowers in May! This plant has striking foliage which looks good all year. It has purplish pink flowers, paler in the centre with a conspicuous red blotch. A very dense, upright growing shrub. Height 120-140cm in 10 years.Hampshire Belle originates from the Hillier Gardens and Arboretum near Romsey, where...
Dwarf Rhododendron Patty Bee AGM
Large lemon yellow trumpet-shaped flowers in lax trusses of 6. Probably the best dwarf yellow available flowering in April. A compact plant with bronzy-plum winter foliage. Height 25-50cm in 10 years. Raised by that true Rhododendron enthusiast Warren Berg on the Olympic peninsula in Washington State, USA. Warren was a retired airline pilot and keen bee keeper who trekked in China with Ted and Romy...
Rhododendron Phyllis Korn
Gorgeous creamy white flowers tinged primrose yellow, with a currant red blotch in early May. This plant has a well branched upright habit with good dark glossy foliage and is suitable for hedging and screening. Height 140-160cm after 10 years.
Recommended for: Great flower and foliage.
Easy to grow.
Ideal position: Most garden situations.
Habit: Dense.
Group: Hybrid Rhododendron.
Parentage:...
Deciduous Azalea Midsummer Wedding
Pale apricot buds, open to beautiful scented white flowers with pale yellow markings on the upper lobe. Raised by Ted Millais at Crosswater Farm, particularly to extend the flowering season. Flowering in late June with lovely reddish new growth and glaucous shiny leaves. Height 125-150cm in 10 years.
This lovely plant is as a result of the breeding work Ted did with Denny Pratt's later flowering azaleas....
Rhododendron Libretto
This plant has wonderful large dark purple flowers with an attractive yellow-green flare. Flowering in late May/early June with a broad compact habit. A tough plant from Hachmann's in Northern Germany. Height 150-175cm in 10 years.
Recommended for: A tough plant with gorgeous flowers.
Easy to grow.
Ideal position: Most garden situations.
Habit: Compact.
Group: Hybrid Rhododendron.
Parentage:...
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....
Dwarf Rhododendron Ptarmigan AGM
Gorgeous pure white and free-flowering with contrasting dark brown anthers. It looks like a patch of snow in March - April. Small dark foliage on a spreading plant that is tough and drought resistant. Height 40-60cm 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. One...
Rhododendron Black Magic
This is an amazing free flowering plant with the darkest red flowers and deep green upright foliage. In our opinion it is one of the best deep red Rhododendrons and one of our favourites. Height 140-160cm in 10 years. It will take a fair amount of sun, but the flowers won't last so long. Dappled shade is best, but not recommended for deep shade.
Recommended for: gorgeous red flowers.
Easy to...
Rhododendron True Blue
(H6) Lovely vivid purple in bud opening to lighter purple with dark purple spotting and distinctive white stamens. Flowers open in May, on a dense plant with deep rich green leaves. Height 150 - 175cm in 10 years.
• Recommended for: Tough variety. Hedging.• Ideal position: Dappled shade in most garden situations.• Habit: Bushy.• Group: Hardy Hybrid.• Parentage: R. yakushimanum...
Rhododendron Golden Everest
(H5) Bright red buds with yellow shading opening to stunning vivid yellow bell shaped flowers with delicate reddish markings at the base of 3 dorsal lobes, in a rounded loose truss. An extraordinary flower during May-June. Good glossy dark green foliage on a plant with an upright habit. It needs a sheltered position with protection from late frosts. Height 80cm and spread 90cm in 10 years. Like all...
Evergreen Azalea Rosinetta
Attractive and profuse small double rose pink flowers in May. Very free flowering completely smothering the neat green glossy foliage. An award winning plant from Hans Hachmann. Height 50-75cm in 10 years.
Ideal for small gardens and rock gardens. Stunning rose-bud flowers, looks great in containers.
Easy to grow.
Group:Evergreen Azalea (German hybrid).
Parentage: 'Elsie Lee' (s) X 'Purpurkissen'
Hybridization...
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...
Camellia japonica 'Silver Anniversary' AGM
Large, semi-double white flowers with irregular petals intermixed with golden stamens. March-April flowering. Vigorous, compact, upright growth. Height 125-150cm in 10 years. This variety requires a sheltered garden and is best grown in the milder parts of the country.
Nuccio's Nurseries, California, USA, 1960.
Camellia japonica 'Adolphe Audusson' AGM
(H4) Beautiful large red semi-double flowers in March-April. Tough reliable flowering in mid-season. Good glossy foliage on a plant of open upright habit. Height 150cm in 10 years.
M. Adolphe Audusson, France, 1910
Evergreen Azalea Maruschka AGM
A striking and tough plant with light carmine red flowers, deeper red in the throat, flowering in mid-May. It has dark green foliage that turns a wonderful bronze in winter. Height 4cm and spread 60cm in 10 years.
Ideal for containers and small gardens.
Easy to grow.
Group: Evergreen Azalea (German hybrid).
Parentage: 'Rubinstern' x 'Rubinetta' X 'Johanna'.
Hybridization date: pre 2000 (1976).
Bred...
Rhododendron Faggetter's Favourite AGM
Scarlet buds open to white flushed pink flower speckled bronze. Tall fragrant flower trusses in May. Shiny leaves on a compact and vigorous plant. Faggetters Favourite is best in partial shade. Height 180cm in 10 years.In America, this variety is reported to show resistance to adult vine weevil feeding.This rhododendron was grown at the famous Knaphill Nursery, Surrey. On a beam in one of the buildings...
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...
Evergreen Azalea Chippewa
An old variety with large (around 65cm) rose pink flowers in June-July. This is a really useful plant to extend the flowering season well into the summer, and we have several groups planted in the gardens at Crosswater Farm. Tough and hardy. Height 50-75cm in 10 years.
Ideal for containers and small gardens, ideally planted in groups to maximise effect.
Easy to grow.
Group:Evergreen Azalea (possibly...
Camellia x williamsii 'ETR Carlyon' AGM
Image supplied and owned by J.Wilson Strete Gate Camellias
(H5) White, semi-double to double form flowers in spring. Late season flowering in April. A very hardy williamsii type Camellia with a vigorous upright habit. Height 1.5 metres in 10 years. Requires moist acid soil.
C. xwilliamsii 'J. C. Williams' x C. japonica 'Adolphe Audusson'. Gillian Carlyon, Cornwall, England, 1972.
Dwarf Rhododendron Peter Bee
(H6) Lovely funnel shaped pale yellow flowers, green in bud. Fine pale green narrow leaves. Flowering in April. A choice compact growing plant, raised by Warren Berg in America, and named by Peter Cox, Scotland. Height 25-50 cm 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...
Evergreen Azalea Magic Flute
Prolific, vibrant purple-pink fluted, hose-in-hose (double) bell shaped flowers up to 40mm across. Flowering in May this is an exciting new introduction from the late George Hyde, an acknowledged Azalea breeder. It has an excellent compact and neat habit. Height 60cm in 10 years.
Ideal for containers and small gardens.
Easy to grow.
Group:Evergreen Azalea (Hyde hybrid).
Parentage: Unknown.
Hybridization...
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 James Burchett AGM
Wonderful large scented white flowers with a slight mauve tinge and prominent green-yellow speckled flare in dense trusses in late June to early July. This plant takes us little longer to propagate but it is certainly one of the best later flowering hybrids. It has lovely long dark foliage on a tough, vigorous plant with a dense habit. Height 150-180cm in 10 years. Best in partial shade to protect...
Rhododendron Linda AGM
We love this gorgeous plant. With frilled rose-pink bell shaped flowers in upright trusses it flowers in May. This is a good williamsianum hybrid with a dense habit and pale green egg shaped leaves. R. williamsianum hybrids always have the characteristic rounded leaves that make them so interesting. Best in a sunny position. Height 80-100cm in 10 years.
Ideal for containers and small gardens.
Easy...
Rhododendron Walkure
(H7) Very large bright rose pink flowers with ruby-pink frilly edging and darker markings in the throat. Flowering in late May to early June this is an excellent tough plant from Northern Germany. Height 150-180cm in 10 years.Named after the Wagner opera.Please note this variety has a broad habit, wider than its height. Specimen sizes will typically be measured across the spread of the plant.
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Rhododendron Bow Bells AGM
Luscious deep pink buds open to delightful pink bells. Free flowering in April to May with attractive williamsianum type rounded leaves. The leaves have reddish-bronze young growth. Height 80-100cm in 10 years. We love this plant for it's pretty pink flowers and interesting foliage.
Ideal for containers and small gardens.
Easy to grow.
Group: williamsianum.
Parentage: Corona x williamsianum.
Hybridization...
Rhododendron taliense 'Honigduft'
(TALIENSIA H7) Creamy white flowers with crimson spotting in April-May. Lovely foliage with an intense scent of honey, especially when rubbed or in the sun on a warm day. Thick tawny white indumentum on new leaves during summer, maturing to woolly brown. Height 80-100 cm in 10 years.
This is a fine new selection from Germany. The name means 'Honey Scent', and you can smell the lovely scent of honey...
Deciduous Azalea Crosswater Red AGM
Stunning deep glowing true red flowers with contrasting stamens, flowering in late May - early June. The best red deciduous azalea which has good autumn foliage colour. Height 150-180cm in 10 years. Best in light shade.Shortly after the Second World War, and with ornamental plants in short supply, Ted Millais raised hundreds of Knaphill type seedlings to start planting his garden at Crosswater Farm....
Bulrush Professional Ericaceous Compost Deal 60 x 60L Bags
This is a BULK PALLET DEAL for 60 x 60L bags of Bulrush Professional Ericaceous compost at £5.25 each, saving over 24% (Same bags are £6.95 each when bought as singles). This compost will be delivered on non returnable wooden pallet by 18 tonne lorry with a tail lift. The full pallet will weigh just under 1 tonne, so be prepared for some heavy lifting! PLEASE ONLY ORDER IF YOU HAVE GOOD...
Rhododendron Dora Amateis AGM
Very pale pink buds open to beautiful pure white flowers with pink markings. This is a very free flowering plant in April. It is a compact grower with small palish green leaves that turn bronze if grown in sun, growing wider than tall. Height 60-80cm in 10 years. This tough plant is very adaptable, performing well in both shade and sun, but the flowers will last longer if slightly shaded.
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Evergreen Azalea stenopetalum 'Linearifolium'
Unusual long, narrow strap-like leaves and flowers, which are rose-lilac, with darker markings flowering in April-May. stenopetalum Linearifolium is very distinctive. However, the stems and branches are brittle, and require protection from wind, frost & passing animals! Height 40-60cm in 10 years.
Ideal for stunning foliage.
Plantsman range.
Group: Evergreen Azalea (stenopetalum hybrid).
Parentage:...
Evergreen Azalea General Wavell
(H5) Large deep orange pink flowers suffused yellow at the base, with red spotting on the upper lobes, and very distinctive wavy edged petals. Mid May flowering. Height 50-75cm in 10 years.
• Ideal for containers, most garden situations and front of borders.• Easy to grow.• Group: Evergreen Azalea.• Parentage: ‘Glory of Numazu’ X indicum.• Hybridization date: pre...
Camellia japonica 'Swan Lake'
White semi double peony type flowers in March/April. Vigorous, compact upright plant with dark green glossy foliage. Needs shelter and part shade, avoid east facing locations. Height 150cm in 10 years.
Evergreen Azalea Babuschka
This is a tough, neat and compact growing plant with stunning double carmine rose flowers in late May. Height 50-60cm in 10 years.
Ideal for containers and small gardens, including rock gardens and front of borders.
Easy to grow.
Group:Evergreen Azalea (Hachmann hybrid).
Parentage: 'Elsie Lee' (s) X 'Purplekissen'
Hybridization date: pre 2000 (1988).
Bred by: H. Hachmann. Origin: German.
Habit:...
Evergreen Azalea Gilbert Mullie
A recent introduction with very attractive rose pink flowers, with darker speckling, up to 57mm wide. This is an attractive sem-evergreen, tough plant that will tolerate more cold, with excellent flowers in May. Height 75-90cm in 10 years.
Ideal for containers and small gardens, with a strong spreading habit.
Easy to grow.
Group:Evergreen Azalea (Belgian hybrid).
Parentage: 'Mother's Day' X 'Kirin'
Hybridization...
Rhododendron bureavii AGM
Lovely white rose flushed flowers spotted crimson or purple. Flowering in May this is a superb foliage plant, with thick woolly indumentum on the underside of the leaves turning from white to rusty red with age. One of the most distinctive rhododendron species. Our selected clone is propagated from a large plant growing at Crosswater which has great flowers and grows in a neat rounded habit. It has...
Rhododendron Vulcan AGM
This is a stunning plant with tall trusses of fiery-red flowers in May-June. It has long leaves and forms a compact, dome shaped bush. It will perform best in a fairly sunny position but is tough and always reliable. Height 140-160cm in 10 years.Please note this variety has a broad habit, wider than its height. Specimen sizes will typically be measured across the spread of the plant.
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Dwarf Rhododendron Gertrud Schale
(H5) Large waxy scarlet red flowers, in small trusses during April. Deep green leaves on a compact spreading plant, and one of the hardiest 'repens' hybrids, bred by D.G. Hobbie in Northern Germany. Height 25-50cm in 10 years.
Dwarf Rhododendrons don't mind the sun but they hate too much heat, so avoid reflected heat from South facing walls and patios, particularly if planting in containers.
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Rhododendron Cowslip AGM
Beautiful bell-shaped flowers of pale primrose yellow to cream with pinky red markings in loose trusses. Flowering in April it has rounded leaves on a compact plant. Best with some shelter. Height 80-120cm in 10 years. As with all yellow Rhododendrons, this plant does need good drainage (but not dry conditions!).
Ideal for containers and small gardens.
Easy to grow.
Group: williamsianum hybrid.
Parentage:...
Rhododendron Hydon Dawn AGM
This is one of our favourite plants with very attractive frilled pale pink flowers fading to near white in May. It has excellent foliage with fawn indumentum on the underside of the leaves, and silvery new growth. Height 80-100cm in 10 years. Raised by Arthur George of Hydon Nursery, Godalming.
Ideal for containers and small gardens
Easy to grow.
Group: yakushimanum.
Parentage: yakushimanum...
Deciduous Azalea Sun's Head (R. Sonnenkopfchen)
(H6) Bright rich yellow star shaped double flowers with a golden yellow blotch on the upper lobe, and a faint pink edging when first open. The flowers form a huge ball shaped truss with an intense sweet fragrance in May. They are 45-50mm across, and all the stamens are petaloid, adding more floral impact. Good autumn foliage colour with yellow tones. Height 125-150cm in 10 years.
A stunning flower,...
Evergreen Azalea Parfait
(H6) With very pale pink to white flowers that have a deep red spotting we think this is a stunning plant. Lightly scented flowers are up to 50mm in May. One of the few scented Evergreen Azaleas! Height 75-90cm in 10 years.
Ideal for fragrance.
Easy to grow.
Group:Evergreen Azalea (Harris hybrid).
Parentage: 'Sherwoodii' X 'Fedora'
Hybridization date: pre 2000 (before 1981).
Bred by: J. D....
Azaleodendron Ria Hardijzer
Lovely small (20mm) vivid purplish red flowers with faint spots in a compact truss of 19 to 25. This is an unusual hybrid between a rhododendron and an evergreen azalea, but it has more of an appearance and habit of an evergreen azalea, though it can look a little sparse in winter. It is worth pruning hard after flowering to keep the plant looking nice and bushy. It is hardy, but dislikes too much...
Dwarf Rhododendron Carmen AGM
Stunning waxy dark red flowers in loose trusses in April. It has small glossy green leaves and we believe is one of the deepest red dwarfs available. Slow growing with a height 40cm and spread of 50cm 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. This variety does...
Rhododendron Dufthecke Yellow INKARHO
Available on the Inkarho rootstock! Lovely pale yellow flowers that are slightly scented change gracefully to a delicate creamy colour in May. It has nice glossy pale green leaves on a plant of neat dense compact growth. Height 125-150cm in 10 years. This one is ideal for hedging and screening. The German translation is fragrant hedge!
Plant with plenty of good ericaceous compost to aid establishment.
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