Small Leaved Rhododendrons

Pale greenish yellow wide funnel shaped flowers with darker yellow spots. Very floriforous in April. ambiguum Crosswater is a reliable clone from ambiguum raised at Crosswater Farm. It is a tough, close growing shrub with a bushy upright habit and attractive small glossy leaves with glaucous scaly underside. A delightful plant that can be pruned hard after flowering. Height 100-120°Cm in 10 years. Recommended...

(H5) A most beautiful shrub, with large almost blue flowers. April - May. Upright bushy habit. Some protection required for first two winters. Height 150-175cm in 10 years. This is one of Lord Lansdowne's favourite augustinii clones from his spectacular Rhododendron collection at Bowood House. We are privileged to be the first nursery to offer this selection. It is a superb blue colour and...

Masses of strong bright pink flowers in March on a dense twiggy, deciduous plant. With small pointed leaves, this plant improves with age. Light pruning can help maintain shape. Creates lots of interest in Boskoop, Holland where it was imported from Japan. Height 80-120cm in 10 years. Recommended for shocking pink flowers. Easy to grow. Ideal position: most garden situations. Habit: twiggy, upright. Group:...

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. Recommended...

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...

Beautiful rich cream flowers appear in April on a plant with a neat bushy habit reaching a height of 125-150cm in 10 years.This is an unusual and beautiful plant found by good friend John Gault, a Northern Ireland Rhododendron enthusiast, in Lady Leitrim's garden at Mulroy Bay. Nobody has been able to identify it with a registered name, and so we have called it Mulroy Cream in recognition of its provenance;...

Very attractive and unusual apricot-pink tubular bell shaped flowers, freely produced in May. Wonderful blue-green foliage. This was raised at Crosswater Farm by the late Ted Millais to suit colder gardens. Definitely one of our favourites! Height 100-120cm in 10 years. Recommended for delicate flowers and great foliage. Easy to grow. Ideal position: most garden situations. Habit: Upright. Group:...

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...

(H5) Beautiful mauve pink wide funnel shaped flowers in April-May. This is a very desirable species with beautiful sea-green foliage and an upright habit. One of our favourites that we would highly recommended. Height 100-125cm in 10 years. Recommended for wonderful foliage. Easy to grow. Ideal position: most garden situations. Habit: upright. Group: Small Leaved Rhododendron. Subsection: Triflora. Introduction...