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Rhododendron (yak) Anuschka INKARHO
Now available on the Inkarho rootstock! Striking bright red buds open to gorgeous rosey pink flowers in late May. A lovely very hardy yakushimanum hybrid that has attractive dark green foliage. Height 75-100cm in 10 years. Plant with plenty of good ericaceous compost to aid establishment.
Recommended for: Tough and reliable variety.
Easy to grow.
Ideal position: Most garden situations.
Habit:...
Dwarf Rhododendron Robert Seleger
Lovely rose-purple flowers with darker edges in May. An interesting colour and flowering later than many other dwarf Rhododendrons, it has excellent foliage with pointed narrow leaves on a dense compact plant. 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....
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 Catawbiense Album
(H7) Long lasting white flowers with greenish-yellow speckiling. Late May flowering in a dense truss. A vigorous, very tough old variety, dating from before 1850. Height 175-200cm in 10 years.
Plant with plenty of good ericaceous compost to aid establishment.
Recommended for: Hedging/screening.
Easy to grow.
Ideal position: Most garden situations.
Habit: Dense.
Group: Hardy Hybrid.
Tolerant...
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...
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 Birthday Girl
A really lovely plant that has deep pink buds which open to large clear pink flowers. Flowering in May, this is a dense and compact hybrid with deep green leaves. Choice plant from the famous Exbury Gardens. Ideal for a special birthday present! Height 80-100cm in 10 years.
Ideal for containers and small gardens.
Easy to grow.
Group: yakushimanum.
Parentage: yakushimanum (s) X white form of catawbiense.
Hybridization...
Rhododendron Cilpinense AGM
Comparatively large (45 to 50mm) pale pink bell type flowers that open to white with darker anthers. This is a very pretty plant with lovely small glossy green leaves. One of our favourites that is free flowering in February-March, when all the foliage is smothered by flower. Height 50-75cm in 10 years.
Recommended for small gardens and mixed borders. One of the earlier flowers.
Easy to grow.
Ideal...
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...
Compact Rhodo Collection (4 x 3 litre plants!)
Picture for example only. Please see descriptions below.
This is a lovely collection of 4 compact growing Rhododendrons that compliment each other and are suitable for containers, smaller gardens or for the front of a border. They are all tough and hardy plants that will grow well throughout the UK.We grow these plants in 3L pots and we normally sell them for £22.95 each. They are 20-30cm tall...
Dwarf Rhododendron Razorbill AGM
Unusual pretty light rose-pink tubular upward-pointing flowers on a dome-shaped bush flowering in May. This is a very striking and free-flowering plant that is vigorous. It is relatively drought tolerant, so although it prefers moisture, it will tolerate being planted on drier soils or near to trees. Height 60-80cm in 10 years. Dwarf Rhododendrons don't mind the sun but they hate too much heat, so...
Rhododendron Wine and Roses
****Launched by us at Chelsea Flower Show 2019****
(H5) Distinctive dark wine red foliage, especially on new leaves and on their undersides which are displayed when ruffled by the wind. New growth bronze. Bright rose pink flowers, fading to pale pink, in an open-topped truss. Very free flowering in April. Height 100-125cm in 10 years.
If you have a bank or higher peice of ground this plant looks...
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...
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...
SB Plant Invigorator Concentrate
Environmentally friendly Growth Stimulant and Pesticide. We think this is a new wonder product! It was developed by a large Guernsey Tomato grower and is an organic soap based product. It has a physical mode of action and controls a wide range of pest species including Whitefly, Spider Mite and Mealybug. It also helps to control mildew and other fungal problems.SB also contains Nitrogen and Iron Chelates...
Rhododendron Loder's White AGM
Superb mauve-pink buds opening to pure white flowers edged pink at first. With slightly scented large flower trusses, Loders White flowers in late May or early June. It is a super dome-shaped vigorous plant that is good in some sun or some shade. A fine old hybrid. Height 150-180cm in 10 years.
Recommended for: Scented flower and great habit.
Easy to grow.
Ideal position: Most garden situations.
Habit:...
Deciduous Azalea Sunny Boy
(H6) Striking deep orange red flowers with paler orange markings on the upper lobe, and darker stripes through the centre of each lobe. The flowers are wide tubular-funnel shaped with a wavy edge, and give a glowing and almost luminescent effect in late May, especially in sunshine. Young leaves are purple bronze in colour, followed by a good red autumn foliage display. A recent introduction from Hachmann,...
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:...
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...
Deciduous Azalea Satan AGM
Wickedly dark red in bud, opening to large deep orange-red flowers in late May and early June. A good mildew resistant plant raised by the old Waterer Nurseries at Knaphill, and introduced by W C Slocock Ltd. This variety makes a real statement and is a must for any garden. Height 150-175cm in 10 years.
Recommended for stunning flowers.
Easy to grow.
Group:Deciduous Azalea (Knaphill hybrid).
Parentage:...
Rhododendron Lavender Girl AGM
Large lightly scented clear flowers that are pinky purple in bud opening to lavender with a white centre and light brown markings in the throat. Flowering in May this plant has a dense, bushy habit. It is vigorous, hardy and is wind and sun tolerant. Height 150-180cm in 10 years.Another favourite that is ideal for hedging and screening.
Recommended for: Fragrance and Hedging/screening.
Easy to...
Rhododendron Marie Fortie
(H5) Dark wine red flowers in a compact conical truss with frilly edges, and a blotch of darker markings on the upper lobe. Late May to mid June flowering. Attractive dark green foliage held on dark stems. An old variety with an interesting colour, but unknown parentage originating from Belgium before 1925. Height 150-175cm in 10 years.
Sometimes incorrectly named as 'Mademoiselle Marie Fortie', or...
Rhododendron English Roseum INKARHO
Now available on the Inkarho rootstock! Attractive mauvey pink flowers in May-June on a very useful easy to grow plant. It tolerates heat and cold and is a dense and vigorous grower that can get very large. An ideal plant for hedging and screening. A reliable plant for difficult places. Height 180cm in 10 years.Plant with plenty of good ericaceous compost to aid establishment.
Recommended for: Hedging/screening.
Easy...
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...
Camellia x williamsii 'ETR Carlyon' AGM
(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.
Evergreen Azalea Snow Hill AGM
Lovely large white flowers with a pale greenish yellow eye up to 70mm across, flowering in May. A good bushy plant with a spreading habit and pale green leaves. Height 40-60cm in 10 years. One of the best white azaleas which performs well, and one of our favourites.
Ideal for containers. Great for cascading over walls.
Easy to grow.
Group: Evergreen Azalea (Southern Indica hybrid).
Parentage:...
Rhododendron Rabatz INKARHO
Launched by us at Chelsea Flower Show 2011. 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.
FINALIST IN RHS CHELSEA 2011 "PLANT OF THE YEAR"! We entered this into the stiff competition against all the best new plants of the Show, and were delighted that it was shortlisted...
Rhododendron Terracotta
Beautiful spotted orange flowers with pink shadings in late May. It has prominent curling calyx, giving an almost double flowered effect. A strong growing compact plant. Height 150-180cm in 10 years.
Recommended for: Lovely orange flowers.
Easy to grow.
Ideal position: Most garden situations.
Habit: Dense.
Group: Hybrid Rhododendron.
Parentage: Thought to be 'Mrs Lindsay Smith' X 'Dido'.
Hybridization...
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 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...
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'...
Rhododendron English Roseum
Attractive mauvey pink flowers in May-June on a very useful easy to grow plant. It tolerates heat and cold and is a dense and vigorous grower that can get very large. An ideal plant for hedging and screening. A reliable plant for difficult places. Height 180cm in 10 years.
Recommended for: Hedging/screening.
Easy to grow.
Ideal position: Most garden situations.
Habit: Dense.
Group: Hardy Hybrid.
Parentage:...
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
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...
Evergreen Azalea Valentine Surprise
Stunning large apricot pink flowers, almost white in the centre, giving a distinct two tone effect. Flowering in May this is a recent introduction which is becoming very popular, especially for that special day in February! Great winter foliage on a compact plant with a spreading habit. Height 60cm in 10 years.
Ideal for containers. Great for cascading over walls.
Easy to grow.
Group: Evergreen...
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...
Deciduous Azalea April Showers
Large pale yellow flowers with a deeper orange yellow centre and slight blotch. A nicely scented quality flower that is earlier than the Knaphill types, and showy in late April-May. Height 120-150cm in 10 years. Requires a fairly sunny position.
Recommended for early scented flowers.
Easy to grow.
Group:Deciduous Azalea (hybrid).
Parentage: unknown.
Hybridization date: pre 2000 (1965).
Bred...
Rhododendron Rosa Perle
(H7) Dark pink buds, opening to large ruby pink almost bell-shaped flowers with faint brownish markings, held in a loose truss between mid-May and early June. A wide mound forming plant growing wider than it does high (100cm high by 150cm wide in ten years), with interesting narrow lanceolate leaves which have a distinctive white covering (tomentum) on the top when new growth first appears, and brown...
Rhododendron Gartendirektor Rieger AGM
Lovely open trusses of soft white flowers that are flushed pink with red spotting appear in early May. This plant is floriferous, vigorous and fairly compact with interesting rounded foliage that grows wider than tall. It does like some sun for good blooming. Height 140-160cm in 10 years.Also known as Gartendirektor Walter Rieger. We believe the plant was named after Walter Rieger, the Garden Director...
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....
Deciduous Azalea Sunte Nectarine AGM
This plant has amazing deep glowing orange flowers with a golden flare. Flowering in May to June it also has good autumn foliage colours. Height 150-180cm in 10 years. It prefers a fairly sunny position. Originally raised at Sunte House, Haywards Heath.
Recommended for vibrant glowing flowers.
Easy to grow.
Group:Deciduous Azalea (Exbury hybrid).
Parentage: unknown.
Hybridization...
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 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 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 Fantastica AGM
Stunning red flowers with a paler centre fading to an attractive pink in May. We think this is one of Hachmann's best hybrids and one of our favourites. It has lovely dark foliage which contrasts well with the flowers. Height 100-120cm in 10 years.
Ideal for containers and small gardens.
Easy to grow.
Group: yakushimanum.
Parentage: 'Mars' (s) X yakushimanum 'Koichiro Wada'
Hybridization date:...
Rhododendron Firelight
Beautiful and distinctive cream coloured flowers heavily speckled with red, with a prominent calyx giving an almost double flowered effect. This is an old variety that blooms in May. Height 120cm in 10 years.
Recommended for: distinctive flowers.
Easy to grow.
Ideal position: Most garden situations.
Habit: Dense.
Group: Hybrid Rhododendron.
Parentage: unknown.
Hybridization date: pre 2000...
Rhododendron Scintillation AGM
Wonderful large pastel-pink flowers with a yellow brown flare. Flowering in mid May this is an excellent very hardy hybrid with deep green glossy leaves. It is heat and cold tolerant and most suitable for hedging and screening. It does prefer a position in light shade. Height 150-180cm in 10 years.
Recommended for: Hedging/screening.
Easy to grow.
Ideal position: Dappled shade.
Habit: Dense.
Group:...
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:...