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Dwarf Rhododendron Wee Bee AGM
Red buds open to pretty rose pink tubular flowers, deeper pink on the outside, with red spotting in April. This is a superb low mounded plant with good foliage and a neat habit. In our opinion this is easily one of the best deep pink dwarf Rhododendrons. Height 30-50cm in 10 years. Raised by Warren Berg in Washington State USA, who was also a keen bee keeper! (See also Ginny Gee and Patty Bee). ...
Enkianthus campanulatus AGM
(H5) A beautiful, deciduous shrub with two seasons of interest. From late spring to early summer it produces cascading clusters of small cream to pink flowers with darker pink margins/stripes from its branches. In the autumn the small dark green leaves turn flaming shades of yellow, orange and red. Prefers a position in dappled shade on moist, well-drained, acid soil. Approximate height of 100-150cm...
Evergreen Azalea Amoena
This is a rare old variety, but one we get asked for quite regularly as it is now so unusual. It was introduced to the UK in 1850 by Robert Fortune from Shanghai, but believed to have originated in Japan. It has small reddish purple hose in hose flowers in May. An attractive and historic colouring with a tall spreading habit. Height 50-75cm in 10 years.
Ideal for smaller gardens and mixed borders.
Easy...
Evergreen Azalea Anne Frank
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(H5) Small funnel shaped pink flowers with red marking in April/May. Compact semi-evergreen shrub. Height 50-75cm in 10 years
Evergreen Azalea Anouk
(H5) Rose-pink trumpet shaped flowers. Flowering in May, early to mid season. A compact growing variety. Height 60-80cm in 10 years. Requires moist acid soil.
Evergreen Azalea Ben Morrison
Large deep orange-pink flowers, with red spotting and white wavy edging flowering in May. This is a vigorous plant with an upright open habit. A very striking bicoloured azalea. Although this plant was propagated by Ben Morrison of Glenn Dale in Maryland, America, it was registered and introduced after his death by The United States Department of Agriculture. Height 75-100cm in 10 years.
Ideal for...
Evergreen Azalea Betty Anne Voss
Attractive, large light pink double flowers around 75mm wide and flowering in late May. We think this is a lovely plant, particularly because the flowers open like a rosebud. It has a compact spreading habit and is very hardy plant. Height 60-75cm in 10 years.
Ideal for containers. Great for cascading over walls.
Easy to grow.
Group: Evergreen Azalea (Robin Hill hybrid).
Parentage: 'Louise Gable'...
Evergreen Azalea Blue Danube AGM
With intense large violet blue flowers, with deeper purple red spotting this lovely old variety is very hardy. Flowering in May, it has an upright spreading habit with flowers approximately 40-45mm wide. Height 60-80cm in 10 years.
Please note this variety will drop most of its leaves in the Winter months
Ideal for containers, small gardens and mixed borders.
Easy to grow.
Group:Evergreen Azalea...
Evergreen Azalea Canzonetta AGM
Semi double reddish pink flowers cover the bush and hide every leaf. Flowering in late May/early June, it has striking mahogany red foliage in winter. The flowers are large up to 5 to 6cm. It forms a neat and small growing plant with a height and spread 30 x 80cm in 10 years.
Ideal for containers. Great for cascading over walls and to extend the flowering season.
Easy to grow.
Group: Evergreen...
Evergreen Azalea Chipmunk
Prolific bright pink hose in hose double flowers in late June up to 55cm across. This is a lovely compact plant with neat glossy foliage. Height 40-60cm in 10 years.
Ideal for containers and small gardens and to extend the flowering season.
Easy to grow.
Group:Evergreen Azalea (Northern European hybrid).
Parentage: 'Vida Brown' (s) X 'Lemur'
Hybridization date: pre 2000 (1979).
Bred by: P.A....
Evergreen Azalea Corany
Delightful smaller rose pink flowers with a darker centre that flowers in May. This is a dense and compact plant with a good habit. Ideal for front of border or for growing in containers. Height 50cm 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: unknown
Hybridization date: unknown.
Bred...
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...
Evergreen Azalea Elsie Lee AGM
Stunning double lilac-lavender flowers up to 60mm which last well, flowering in late May. A recent introduction and proving very popular, as this is a different colour to most other azaleas. A neat grower with a fairly upright habit, sometimes semi deciduous foliage. Height 60-80cm in 10 years.
Ideal for containers and small gardens, makes a real statement!
Easy to grow.
Group:Evergreen Azalea...
Evergreen Azalea Florida AGM
This is a popular variety with large deep red hose-in-hose double flowers around 55cm across in May. It is a tough plant with glossy leaves that turn a lovely reddish in autumn and winter. Height 60-75cm in 10 years.
Ideal for containers and small gardens, great autumn foliage.
Easy to grow.
Group:Evergreen Azalea (kaempferi hybrid).
Parentage: Un-named seedling no. 37 G1 X 'Vuyks Scarlet'
Hybridization...
Evergreen Azalea Flower Arranger
Large, soft lilac semi-double flowers with a fluted edge in May up to 40mm. This is an excellent plant with a compact neat habit. Height 50-65cm in 10 years. It does like a sheltered position.
Ideal for containers and small gardens.
Easy to grow.
Group:Evergreen Azalea (Hyde hybrid).
Parentage: Unknown.
Hybridization date: pre 2000 (late 1960's).
Bred by: W.G.T. Hyde. Origin: British.
Habit:...
Evergreen Azalea Geisha Purple
Pretty small light reddish-purple hose in hose flowers (approximately 20mm) in May which are very floriferous. A very hardy compact growing plant bred to withstand the cold in Germany. Height and spread 40-60cm in 10 years.
Also known as Geisha Purpurrosa and registered name is Fumiko
W.Arends, (descendant of astilbe botanist Georg Arends (1863-1952)), bred the Geisha series of evergreen azaleas...
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...
Evergreen Azalea General Wavell
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(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.•...
Evergreen Azalea Georg Arends
Large bright rosy red flowers in mid May, up to 7.5cm in diameter, on a rounded and bushy plant with healthy dark green foliage. A very hardy plant from Germany. Height 75-100cm in 10 years.
Also known as George Arends.
Ideal for containers and small gardens, including rock gardens and front of borders.
Easy to grow.
Group:Evergreen Azalea (German hybrid), originally thought to be an Azaleodendron.
Parentage:...
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...
Evergreen Azalea Hachmann's Rokoko
Very attractive double (50mm), hose in hose pink flowers in May. This is a gorgeous neat, small and compact growing plant with fine glossy rounded leaves that turn purplish red in winter. Exceptionally tough. Height and spread 40 x 70cm in 10 years.
Registered as 'Hachmann's Rokoko' but also known as Rhododendron Rokoko.
Ideal for small gardens and rock gardens. Very tough.
Easy to grow.
Group:Evergreen...
Evergreen Azalea Hanako
(H5) Mauve pink flowers with reddish spotting in May. Dense and compact with hairy growth. Height 50-75cm in 10 years.
syn. 'Takako' and 'Geisha Lilarosa'.
Evergreen Azalea Herbert
Reddish purple hose-in-hose (double) flowers with a darker purple blotch and frilled edges. Late May flowering. Attractive pointed and glossy leaves on a dense low spreading plant. Height 50-75cm in 10 years.
Ideal for containers and small gardens.
Easy to grow.
Group:Evergreen Azalea (Gable hybrid).
Parentage: yedoense var. poukhanense (s) X 'Hexe'
Hybridization date: pre...
Evergreen Azalea Johanna AGM
Superb large carmine red flowers in May. This plant is one of the best azaleas for autumn foliage, with dark shiny leaves turning dark red in winter. We love it because it looks good all year. Highly recommended! Height 75-90cm in 10 years.
Ideal for containers and small gardens and fabulous foliage.
Easy to grow.
Group: kaempferi (hybrid).
Parentage: 'Florida' (s) X seedling
Hybridization date:...
Evergreen Azalea Kermesina
Wonderful deep pink small flowers cover the whole plant in May. A very hardy and floriferous plant with a neat compact rounded habit. Height 50-60cm in 10 years.
Also known as 'Kermesinum' and 'Pink Kiusianum'.
Ideal for small gardens and profusion of flower.
Easy to grow.
Group:Evergreen Azalea (Northern European hybrid).
Parentage: unknown
Hybridization date: pre 2000 (registered in 1958...
Evergreen Azalea Kermesina Rose AGM
Stunning plant with an abundance of pretty rose pink flowers with an unusual white picotee edge. Flowering in mid May and forming a neat dome full of colour. A modern hardy azalea which is becoming very popular and is one of the more hardy of the two-tone varieties. Height 60cm in 10 years.
Also known as Kermesinum Rose.
Ideal for small gardens and unusual flower.
Easy to grow.
Group:Evergreen...
Evergreen Azalea Kirin
Lovely hose-in-hose (double) deep rose flowers shaded silvery-rose up to 25mm across. It has a low spreading habit. Height 60-75cm in 10 years.
This is one of the best 50 azaleas selected by Ernest Wilson, known as 'Wilson's 50', from Japan and introduced by him in 1918. This variety is known as Wilson No. 22, or 'Daybreak'.
Ideal for containers. Great for cascading over walls.
Easy to grow.
Group:...
Evergreen Azalea Konigstein
Stunning purple violet flowers in mid May. This is a small flowered variety, but is particularly striking and full of rich colour, the flowers hiding all the leaves. A very hardy plant that is one of our favourites. Height 50-75cm in 10 years.
Ideal for containers and small gardens, including rock gardens and front of borders.
Easy to grow.
Group:Evergreen Azalea (kiusianum hybrid).
Parentage:...
Evergreen Azalea Lady Dark
(H6) Strong bright purple violet flowers, with darker purple spots at the base of the flower. A really good glowing colour during May and early June. Large 40-50mm flowers, on a very hardy and compact growing plant with good deep green glossy foliage all winter. Height 50-75cm in 10 years.
A striking new Azalea from Holger Hachmann in Northern Germany.
Ideal for containers and most garden situations,...
Evergreen Azalea Liliatum
(H4) Large pure white star-shaped flowers during May with faint lines through the petals and occasional spotting, set off by prominent darker anthers. Soft green foliage forming a neat but informal mounded shape. Height 45-60cm in 10 years.
Rescued by reknowned Irish rhododendron nurseryman John Gault, from Lady Leitrim's garden at Mulroy Bay, not much is known about this old variety, but it is lovely...
Evergreen Azalea Louise Dowdle
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Striking and very large rosy purple flowers around 75mm across, with a deeper blotch and occasional pale centres. Flowering in May this plant has a broad and wide spreading habit. Height 60-80cm in 10 years.
Ideal for small gardens and mixed borders.
Easy to grow.
Group:Evergreen...
Evergreen Azalea Madame van Hecke
A popular and reliable stunning profusion of small bright pink flowers. Flowering in early May, this is a very tough and easy growing plant that has an upright habit. Height and spread 75-90cm in 10 years.
Registered as Madame Albert van Hecke.
Ideal for containers and small gardens.
Easy to grow.
Group:Evergreen Azalea (kaempferi hybrid).
Parentage: 'Willy' X unknown.
Hybridization date: pre...
Evergreen Azalea Madame van Hecke STANDARD
A popular and reliable stunning profusion of small bright pink flowers. Flowering in early May, this is a very tough and easy growing plant that has an upright habit.
These Standards have a clear stem of approximately 30cm, with a nice colourful head measuring approximately 15-20cm now. You can expect the head to measure 60-80cm in 10 years. The stem should always be supported with a cane or small...
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...
Evergreen Azalea Maria Elena
(H5) Fully double rich pink flowers in May make this azalea different to others. Maria Elena is a dense, compact, rounded, evergreen shrub with small, elliptic and dark green leaves. It mixes well with other plants and stands out when in flower. Height 50-75 cm in 10 years.
• Recommended for fully double flowers, good ground cover and low maintenance.• Easy to grow.• Group: Evergreen...
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....
Evergreen Azalea Martha Hitchcock
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(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...
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 40cm 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...
Evergreen Azalea Mothers Day AGM
Another one of our favourite plants with bright red hose-in-hose (double) flowers that have a faint brown spotting. It flowers in early to mid May. A very popular and easy growing plant with good glossy foliage. Height 60-80cm in 10 years.
Also known as 'Muttertag'. A great gift for Mum!
Ideal for containers and small gardens.
Easy to grow.
Group:Evergreen Azalea (Kurume hybrid).
Parentage:...
Evergreen Azalea nakaharae AGM (orange form)
Lovely funnel-shaped orange red flowers during June-July. This is a very dwarf plant with a dense, creeping habit. An ideal plant for rockeries. Height and spread 30-40cm in 10 years.
nakaharae (or nakaharai) is a native azalea from Taiwan and is treated as a species. It has been used very successfully as parent to many of the more dwarf creeping hybrids. Seeds were first introduced in America in...
Evergreen Azalea Niagara AGM
Wonderful large white wavy edged flowers with a faint yellow green eye in the centre. Flowering in mid May, we think this is one of the best white flowered varieties. Dense bushy upright habit, and attractive pale green leaves. Height 60-80cm in 10 years.
Ideal for small gardens and mixed borders.
Easy to grow.
Group:Evergreen Azalea (Glenn Dale hybrid).
Parentage: 'Lilacinum' x 'Willy'...
Evergreen Azalea Orange King AGM
Beautiful orange red flowers with faint darker markings. Flowering in May we love this plant for it's gorgeous glowing colour. Happy in some sun. Height 50-75cm in 10 years.
Note: there is a different hybrid with the same name bred by Mayo in America.
Ideal for containers and small gardens.
Easy to grow.
Group:Evergreen Azalea (kaempferi hybrid).
Parentage: Unknown
Hybridization date: pre 2000...
Evergreen Azalea Pink Pancake AGM
This gorgeous plant has large pink wavy edged flowers in June-July. A very spreading prostrate plant matching its pancake name! Ideal for baskets, tubs, and raised beds, where it will cascade over the edge. It has stunning large flowers 45mm x 60mm and a creeping habit. 75-90cm spread in 10 years.
Ideal for containers and small gardens, including rock gardens and raised beds. Great to extend the...
Evergreen Azalea Pink Spider
(H5) Spectacular form of the Spider Azalea with masses of narrow petalled flowers, pink with a white banding in May. Narrow leaves on a small bushy plant, ideal as a patio plant, but protect from the cold as it is more tender than most evergreen azaleas. Height 50-75cm in 10 years. Requires moist acid soils.
The spider azalea has brittle shoots and wood, so please protect from wayward children,...
Evergreen Azalea Pleasant White
A very pleasant white Azalea! Icey white flowers on a tough neat growing plant. Large flowers up to 65mm appear in mid May. Height 50-75cm in 10 years.
Ideal for containers and small gardens.
Easy to grow.
Group:Evergreen Azalea (American hybrid).
Parentage: 'Kathy Ann' X ''Clara Marie'
Hybridization date: pre 2000 (1966).
Bred by: P.E. Girard. Origin: American.
Habit: Dense mound.
Ideal...
Evergreen Azalea Rosa
(H6) Very attractive large star-shaped pink hose-in-hose (double) flowers. Flowering in May this is an easy and strong growing plant with a fairly upright habit. Height 60-80cm in 10 years.
Ideal for small gardens and mixed borders.
Easy to grow.
Group:Evergreen Azalea (Kurume hybrid).
Parentage: unknown.
Hybridization date: unknown but certainly before 1958.
Bred by: unknown. Origin: unknown.
Habit:...
Evergreen Azalea Salmon's Leap
One of the few variegated Evergeen azaleas that we think is worth a place in any garden with excellent deep pink flowers during May. Stunning and beautiful variegated foliage, especially in Spring. It does require a more sheltered position and protection from severe frosts. Height 40-60cm in 10 years.
Ideal for stunning foliage.
Plantsman range.
Group:Evergreen Azalea (Kurume hybrid).
Parentage:...
Evergreen Azalea Santa Maria AGM
Wonderful large glowing orange-red flowers in May on a strong growing plant of upright habit with good glossy dark green leaves. Height 75-90cm in 10 years.
Much admired by Roy Lancaster when he visited our Nursery, and now gracing his garden.
Ideal for containers and small gardens.
Easy to grow.
Group:Evergreen Azalea (kaempferi hybrid).
Parentage: unknown.
Hybridization date: unknown but...