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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. oreotrephes Pentland has a tidy upright habit. Height 80-100cm in 10 years.
Recommended for wonderful foliage.
Easy to grow.
Ideal...
Rhododendron Cosmopolitan
Lovely light pink flowers, fading to paler pink with a deep red flare in a rounded truss that flower in early May. This is a broad, dense plant with a neat habit and good glossy green foliage. This gorgeous plant shows a tendency to flower again in the Autumn. Height 150-175cm in 10 years.
Recommended for: Hedging/screening and occasional Autumn flowering.
Easy to grow.
Ideal...
Rhododendron Exbury Calstocker
Huge white flowers marked with a crimson blotch, in large trusses. A stunning early April flowering hybrid with impressive strong handsome looking foliage, perfect in a sheltered woodland situation. Height 180cm in 10 years.
Recommended for: stunning early white flowers.
Plantsman range.
Ideal position: Sheltered woodland.
Habit: Open.
Group: Hybrid Rhododendron.
Parentage: calophytum (s) X...
Deciduous Azalea Imago
Lovely deep yellow double flowers, tinged purplish red flowering in late May. One of Donald Waterer's later hybrids but still rare. Height 150cm in 10 years.
Recommended gorgeous flowers.
Easy to grow.
Group:Deciduous Azalea (Knaphill hybrid).
Parentage: unknown.
Hybridization date: pre 2000 (1959).
Bred by: Waterer (Bagshot). Origin: British.
Habit: compact.
Ideal position: Most sunny garden...
Rhododendron taliense 'Woolly Dane'
(TALIENSIA H7) Creamy pinkish white bell shaped and spotted flowers in April - May. Honey scented foliage. Thick tawny indumentum on underside of leaves. Height 80-100 cm in 10 years.
A new selection of R. taliense, 'Woolly Dane' has dense woolly felted indumentum in a cognac colour. This thick soft felt graces the newly sprouting leaves, the undersides and the shoots throughout the year. The...
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: Dense.
Group:...
Doff Natural Rooting Powder 75g
Natural rooting powder containing a natural source of seaweed to dramatically increase the propagation of both edible and ornamental plants. 75g.
Use on a variety of both indoor and outdoor cuttings, including new growth, brittle stems, woody stems, grafting, young plants, corms and bulbs. Also use for dipping plugs. For use all year round.
Magnolia Wildcat AGM
A particularly floriferous soft pink opening to pure white star shaped flowers with 52 tepals about 10cm across. Long lasting flowers in March-April. Forms a large bushy plant, which is surprisingly tolerant of wind. Height 2-3 metres in 10 years. Best in sunny positions and grown in moist soils.
This x loebneri hybrid was raised by Larry Langford in Tenessee, USA
Rhododendron Douggie Betteridge
****New to be launched at Chelsea Flower Show 2019****
(H5) Pink in bud, opening to soft pink funnel shaped flowers, flushed with shades of pale cream on the inside, and deeper pink on the outside. May flowering. Named for the long-serving Head Gardener at Exbury. Height 125-150cm in 10 years. Requires moist acid soils.
Raised by Edmund de Rothschild at Exbury Gardens, pre 1970R. fortunei x R....
Rhododendron Jeanne Church
(H5) Large rounded trusses of pale yellow flowers with pink flush, and 3 red flares at the base. Early May flowering. An unusual NZ hybrid between R. mabeanum and Unique, displaying the compact habit of Unique and the big leaves of macabeanum. Height 125-150cm in 10 years. Requires moist acid soil.
Grown and introduced by the New Zealand Rhododendron Association, and registered in 1982.
Magnolia Elizabeth AGM
Fragrant cream to soft yellow flowers in late April/early May. The soft yellow flowers gradually fade to cream and the young unfurling leaves open to a dull reddish colour and turn to a dark green upper surface. An excellent deciduous cultivar which is very floriferous. Makes a broad spreading, vigorous small to medium sized tree.
Magnolia acuminata was hybridised with M. denudata in 1956 at the Brooklyn...
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 Blaauw's Pink AGM
Blaauws Pink has lovely salmon pink hose-in-hose double flowers with paler shading up to 30mm wide. It flowers in early May. Height 50-75cm in 10 years.
Ideal for containers and small gardens.
Easy to grow.
Group:Evergreen Azalea (Kurume hybrid).
Parentage: unknown.
Hybridization date: pre 2000 (1953).
Bred by: J. Blaauw & Co. Origin: Dutch.
Habit: Tall and open.
Ideal position: Most...
Rhododendron Debbie Dane
(H6) Deep salmon pink bell shaped scented flowers in late May. A selection made for its special year round foliage attraction Deep green leaves with creamy brown indumentum underneath. Height 50-75cm in 10 years. Requires moist acid soils. Ideal for use in planters, and since 'Debbie Dane' has a small yearly growth, it therefore won't outgrow its containers.
• Ideal for containers.•...
Eucryphia nymansensis Nymansay
Multiple dish faced white flowers, 6cm wide, with prominent stamens in late summer and early autumn. A vigorous tall growing evergreen tree of columnar habit. Raised at Nymans garden (now National Trust) in 1915. Height 2-3 metres in 10 years. Best in moist loamy soil with roots shaded from hot sun, in a sheltered position.
Flowering later in the season, and evergreen, this is a useful choice plant...
Rhododendron Hotei
A stunning plant with trusses of rich yellow flowers with deeper shading flowering in early May. One of the best yellow rhododendrons, against which all others are judged. Flowering can be shy, but normally starts when the plant is 4 years old. It has a dense compact habit and performs best in partial shade. Height 140-160cm in 10 years. As with all yellow Rhododendrons, this plant does need good drainage...
Rhododendron Lucinda
(H5) Pale yellow flowers with small wine red speckles on the upper lobe. Flowering early to mid May. Shiny leaves with light brown indumentum underneath. A very hardy yakushimanum variety raised by J. Bohlje in Northern Germany. Height 50-75cm in 10 years.
Rhododendron degronianum heptamerum 'Ho Emma'
Lovely pinky-white flowers that are flushed red-purple on the veins and with spots in the throats. A tough clone, flowering in April-May, degronianum heptamerum Ho Emma has attractive felted indumentum on the underside of it's leaves. It makes an attractive neat plant. Height 80-100cm in 10 years.
Recommended for great foliage.
Easy to grow.
Ideal position: most garden situations.
Habit: compact.
Group:...
Rhododendron denudatum EGM 294
Only introduced in 1995 when collected for the first time by Ted Millais, this is a new and highly prized floriferous plant, with stunning loose bell-shaped pale rose to wine red flowers. Flowering in May its leaves have lovely yellow brown indumentum underneath and the young foliage is a super silvery colour. This is a rare plant of particular interest to collectors. Height 150-180cm in 10 years.You...
Evergreen Azalea Liliatum
(H4) Large pure white flowers during May. Soft green foliage forming a neat mounded shape. Rescued from Lady Leitrim's garden, Mulroy Bay, Ireland. Height 45-60cm in 10 years.
Rhododendron piercei
Gorgeous bell shaped fleshy crimson flowers with dark nectar pouches in March-April. This plant has shiny rugulose (wrinkled) leaves with a lovely wooly brown indumentum on the underside. With an open, spreading habit it can be slow to flower but is well worth the wait! Like all Neriiflora, avoid using any fertilizers. Height 100cm in 10 years.
Recommended for excellent foliage.
Plantsman range.
Ideal...
Deciduous Azalea Westminster
Lovely almond pink fragrant flowers with a faint orange flare. This is a really attractive plant flowering in May - June that deserves a place in any garden. Height 140-160cm in 10 years. It prefers a fairly sunny position.
Recommended for super scented flowers.
Easy to grow.
Group:Deciduous Azalea (Occidentale hybrid).
Parentage: unknown.
Hybridization date: unknown, but before 1958.
Bred...
Rhododendron faucium (Berg 8605)
(H4-H5) Pinky white bell shaped flowers with purple flecks in April/May. Attractive showy bark on stems. Rare in cultivation, but common in the wilds of South Tibet. Height 120-150cm in 10 years.
Rhododendron Happydendron Pushy Purple
New! Just launched at Chelsea Flower Show, where it was shortlisted for the RHS Chelsea Flower Show Plant of the Year 2019
(H5) Deep reddish purple in bud, opening to pale pink flowers with a prominent green yellow blotch, and feathering to deep mauvey pink edging to the flower. The overall effect is mauvey purple, but really it displays 3 separate and distinct colours. The reddish purple colour fades...
Camellia Lady Vansittart
(H5) Pinky-white flowers with deep rose pink stripes through the petals. Distinctive semi double flowers in April. The flowers of this variety can be quite variable, sometimes displaying different colours on the same plant, such as prominent rose pink markings on large areas of the petals. A Camellia japonicum hybrid with compact bushy growth and crinkly, almost holly-like foliage. Height 125-150cm...
Rhododendron Barnaby Sunset
Pretty pale yellow flowers in April. This plant has an upright habit with small oval deep green glossy foliage. Height 100-125cm in 10 years.
Recommended for small gardens and mixed borders.
Easy to grow.
Ideal position: most garden situations, needs good drainage.
Habit: upright.
Group: Rhododendron hybrid.
Parentage: unknown.
Hybridization date: unknown (pre 1994).
Bred by:...
Camellia Spring Festival
(H5) Delightful rose pink semi-double flowers, late in the season, May flowering. The plant has a narrow upright habit, almost columnar when young. A popular cuspidata hybrid. Height 125-150cm in 10 years.
This Camellia flowers near one of our ponds in our garden at Crosswater Farm, and always attracts a lot of attention in early May. It's upright habit, covered in flowers, makes it look like...
Dwarf Rhododendron cephalanthum Crebreflorum
(POGONANTHUM H5) Deep pink daphne-like flowers on a tight plant in April-May. A real tiny gem for the rock garden from Tibet & Yunnan. Height and spread under 15cm in 10 years. Requires cool conditions.
Rhododendron Gartendirektor Glocker
(H6) Rose red bell shaped flowers, with darker margins in a small truss. April-May. Curious downward curved leaves, bronzey when young. Tolerates full sun well. This is a very hardy plant from Hobbie Nurseries, in Northern Germany. Height 75-100cm in 10 years.
• Ideal for small gardens.• Easy to grow.• Group: williamsianum hybrid.• Parentage: Doncaster x williamsianum.•...
Rhododendron campanulatum
Attractive white, pale rose or lilac flowers, in loose but fairly compact trusses. Flowering in April and May it has lovely glossy leaves up to 18cm long with a continuous fawn/rusty brown indumentum underneath. It makes a fine shrub/small tree. Height 125-150cm in 10 years.
Recommended for outstanding foliage.
Easy to grow.
Ideal position: needs careful site selection, good drainage and not too...
Rhododendron King's Ride
(H5) A neat domed truss of white bell shaped flowers, speckled brown and flushed purple-pink when young. Late May. A lovely and really choice foliage plant raised at Windsor Park, which looks good all year, with whitish tormentum in summer on the upper surfaces, turning glossy dark green in winter. Height 75-100cm in 10 years.
Ideal for containers and small gardens.
Easy to grow.
Group: Yakushimanum.
...
Rhododendron degronianum heptamerum 'Oki Koki'
(PONTICA H4) Pink in bud, opening to white flowers with a deeper lining. April-May. A tough, neat growing plant with recurved and felty indumented leaves, from Oki Island, Japan. Height 75-100cm in 10 years.
This plant was selected and named by David Millais from a batch of seed kindly sent by botanist Yuji Kurashige in Japan. It is closely related to R. yakushimanum, being larger in all parts.
Recommended...
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 25-5°Cm in 10 years.
Rhododendron Pink Gin
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:...
Rhododendron Snow Fire
(H6) A recent and much admired German variety. Good compact habit with dark green foliage. Crown broad, flattened, dense. Leaves narowly lanceolate, leathery, dark green, felty underneath. Flowers late May, white, with dark orange-red centre. Requires moist acid soil. Easily withstands moderatly sunny sites and winter cold. Height 75-90cm in 10 years.
Registered as Bohlken's Snow Fire.
• Ideal...
Evergreen Azalea Shiko Lavender
(H4) Choice large lavender pink flowers in May, on a neat and compact growing plant. Variable flowers, with sports of white or lavender on the same plant to add greater interest! Height 25-50cm in 10 years.
Deciduous Azalea Stopham Girl
NEW! Gorgeous white flowers with slight pink flush and a soft yellow orange flare. With attractive long pink stamens and scented flowers this plant gives plenty of interest by extending the flowering season into late June. Height 120-150cm in 10 years. Needs a fairly sunny position.
This is a sister seedling to Azalea Stopham Lad, and was given to David Millais by the late Jack Harrington. Jack was...
Rhododendron wasonii
Pretty yellow or pinky-white flowers with light spotting in April - May. This plant has ovate-lanceolate leaves with reddish brown indumentum on the lower surface. An attractive compact plant that is easy to grow. Height 40-60 cm in 10 years.
Recommended for excellent foliage.
Easy to grow.
Ideal position: most garden situations but it does need excellent drainage.
Habit: compact.
Group: Species...
Rhododendron President Roosevelt
(H6) Conical trusses of bright red flowers fading to white in the centre. May. Probably the most popular variegated variety. Thick glossy leaves with bold flashes of bright yellow. Height 150-180cm in 10 years. Needs shelter from wind.
Dwarf Rhodo Pallet Deal (30 x 3 litre plants)
Picture for guide only. We will select 10 complementary varieties, supplying 3 plants of each.
Here is a fantastic PALLET DEAL of 30 choice 3 litre sized Dwarf Rhododendrons that will grow to around 40-60cm in 10 years. We have grown these plants in 3 litre pots here on our nursery and they are about 15-30cm in size, and nice and bushy. They are first grade plants and look great now, and will soon...
Rhododendron anthosphaerum (Lidiping 3250m)
(IRRORATA H5) Purple flowers, deeper at the edges, and sometimes basal blotch near nectar pouches. April. Colour is variable, but usually 6-7 lobed corolla. Long pointed leaves. Height 125-150cm in 10 years.
Flowers tubular campanulate, 3-6cm long, in trusses of 8-15 flowers.Leaves 6-18cm long, 1.5-5cm broad, matt olive green, underside paler.Ultimately 1.5-9 metres highas shrub or tree.Yunnan, NE...
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 Queen Bee
**** New, to be launched at 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 in June-July, turning brown underneath and silvery on top. Height 50-75cm in 10 years. A beautiful foliage rhododendron with a very promising future. This combines some of the lovely fawn indumentum from R. tsariense,...
Rhododendron Rexima
(H5) An interesting foliage plant, (R. yakushimanum x 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 has been inherited from the big leaved R. rex, but growing in a compact habit due its yakushimanum parentage. Height 100-125cm in 10 years.
• Ideal for containers and small gardens.•...
Rhododendron Blewbury AGM
Blush white flowers with prominent reddish purple spotting, this is a very special plant. It has hardy broadly bell shaped flowers in dense trusses that flower in April. Of particular interest is it's dark narrow pointed leaves, with a thin light buff indumentum underneath. This is a real stunner and worth its place in the garden for the foliage alone! Height 80-100cm in 10 years.
Ideal for containers...
Acer palmatum 'Bloodgood' AGM
A strong growing, upright tree, with rich purple, palmate foliage which maintains its colour well all season. Bright red autumn colour. Expected height is 200cm in 10 years.
Rhododendron Dormouse
This delightful plant has delicate pink, two-toned bell-shaped flowers, that are deeper pink on the outside. Flowering in April. This is a great example of a williamsianum hybrid with lovely rounded leaves and attractive copper coloured young foliage in summer. Height 80-100cm in 10 years. We love this plant for it's unusual round leaves and fabulous young foliage. It's a real winner.
Ideal for...
Hamamelis Diane
One of the best red flowering Witch Hazels. Frost hardy scented red spider-like flowers during the winter from December to March. Large leaves with rich autumn shades. Height 150-175cm in 10 years. Best in an open position.