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Here at Millais Nurseries, we like to keep our range of rhododendrons and azaleas as fresh and as interesting as possible. We do this by carefully selecting and trialling certain new plant introductions from the rhododendron world’s top breeders, including our own hybridisation program. We also source and grow a selection of varieties that may have been around for a few years but are new to our nursery and collection.
Evergreen Azalea serpyllifolium Pink Form
(H6) A rare plant with single, small pale pink to rose coloured flowers at the ends of wiry little branches, in May. A quaint and pretty little shrub from Southern Japan, with small leaves. This plant responds well to being trimmed to keep it more compact and bushier. This plant like the warmer summers to help ripen the new shoots. Mainly deciduous in colder winters. Height 25-50cm in 10 years.
Rhododendron (yak) Red Star (Bohlkens Roter Stern) INKARHO
(H6) Deep red buds opening to rich red flowers with a lighter centre in mid May.This lovely compact variety has deep matt green leaves and grows to be 90 – 125cm in 10 years. Plant with a good ericaceous compost. Requires moist free draining soil.
• Easy to grow.• Ideal position: Most garden situations• Habit: Dense.• Group: Hybrid.• Parentage: Anushka x Collective...
Rhododendron Red Star (Bohlkens Roter Stern)
(H6) Deep red buds opening to rich red flowers with a lighter centre in mid May.This lovely compact variety has deep matt green leaves and grows to be 100-125cm in 10 years. Plant with a good ericaceous compost. Requires moist free draining soil.
• Easy to grow.• Ideal position: Most garden situations• Habit: Dense.• Group: Hybrid.• Parentage: Anushka x Collective Embers•...
Rhododendron Blue Graziella INKARHO
(H6) Bright purple/blue flowers with a darker centre in May. This plant has striking narrow pointed foliage which looks good all year. A very dense, upright growing shrub. Height 125-150cm in 10 years.
• Recommended for: Amazing foliage.• Easy to grow.• Ideal position: Most garden situations.• Habit: Dense.• Group: Hybrid Rhododendron.• Parentage: Unknown currently•...
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...
Camellia japonica 'King's Ransom'
Image owned by and supplied by Strete Gate Camellias
(H5) Pale to mid-pink peony form flowers, which deepen in colour as they age, appear in Spring. Vigorous, compact and upright growth. Prefers semi shade in moist acid soil. Height 175-200cm in 10 years. Can be pruned to required size/shape in Spring after flowering.
Magnolia Gardens, South Carolina, USA, 1942.
Evergreen Azalea Sir Robert
(H5) Apple blossom-pink to light purple, pink flowers in late May. Colour and flower markings can be variable. A compact variety that grows wider than taller, with dark green foliage. Height 50-60cm x 80-90cm wide in 10 years. Requires moist acid soil in sun or semi shade.
• Ideal for containers and most garden situations, including rock gardens and front of borders.• Easy to grow.•...
Deciduous Azalea Golden Nectarine
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(H6) This Knaphill style flower starts off light red-orange in bud before opening to a rich golden yellowy orange with tinges of red on the edges in late May. Very similar to Sunte Nectarine but much richer in colour. Quite often the new bronze, red leaves will start to open at the same time as the flowers which gives a very nice contrast....
Deciduous Azalea Sommerduft (Summer Scent)
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(H6) Stunning almost pure white trumpet-shaped flowers with a very faint pink tinge to the outer edges opening in July typically after the foliage has appeared. The flowers are strongly scented which comes from azalea viscosum which makes up most of this plant’s parentage. The leaves are soft green in colour. The plant itself has...
Rhododendron Autumn Joy (Herbstfreude)
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(H6) Delicate rosy-white flowers with blackberry red spotting in the upper lobe of each flower a full truss is made up of 16 flowers and measures approximately 11cm across. An interesting variety which flowers most years in September, and again in May - giving two bites of the cherry! This is a broadly upright plant with light green foliage....
Rhododendron Paola
(H6) Wonderful soft pink flowers with darker reddy-brown centres, opening in late May/early June with dark green matt foliage. This variety forms a dense compact plant growing wider than high. 125-150cm in ten years. Once again, its compact habit makes this plant ideal for middle of large boarders or perfect for the smaller modern garden.
• Recommended for: Smaller modern Gardens.• Easy...
Rhododendron Paola INKARHO
(H6) Wonderful soft pink flowers with darker reddy-brown centres, opening in late May/early June with dark green matt foliage. This variety forms a dense compact plant growing wider than high. 125-150cm in ten years. Once again, its compact habit makes this plant ideal for middle of large boarders or perfect for the smaller modern garden.
Plant with plenty of good ericaceous compost to aid establishment.
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Rhododendron Black Pearl
Images kindly supplied and owned by Tjis Huisman
(H7) Dark Purple almost black buds, opening to rich dark purple flowers with a dark red centre and a very prominent black blotch, which is where the name black pearl comes from Flowering period is usually late May. Not the fastest or largest of the tall hybrids at only 125- 150 cm in ten years. Its dense habit and speed make it perfect for most modern...
Deciduous Azalea Snow's Head
(H6) Almost pure white star shaped double flowers, forming large white balls of sweetly scented flowers in early May. Each flower is between 35 – 45mm and all the stamens are petaloid, adding more floral impact. This plant has lush bright green foliage and a broadly upright habit. Height 125-150cm in 10 years.A stunning plant bred and registered in Germany by top rhododendron breeder Holger Hachmann...
Deciduous Azalea Juniduft
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(H6) Sweetly scented stunning two tone pale pink funnel shaped flowers, that have a wonderful yellow spotted upper lobe, appear in late May early June. The new growth come through bronze in colour and turns deep green as the season progresses. Height 125-150cm in ten years.
• Recommended for: Gorgeous scented flowers.• Easy...
Rhododendron Silver Copper
NEW! Masses of pinky-white frilly flowers with a dark red blotch in the centre, flowering in May. The plant is named for its wonderful new foliage during the summer months. The new growth in June and July is covered in a bright silvery tomentum (powdery coating) which turns a copper colour before washing off in autumn rains to reveal dark green leaves during the winter months. The leaf undersides are...
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,...
Rhododendron Sun Glory
(H5) Large fringed orange flowers with flushes of yellow and light pink. Flowering in May. New shoots have bronze red leaves. Height 125-150cm in 10 years.
• Recommended for: Interesting flower on a compact plant.• Ideal position: Dappled shade in most garden situations.• Habit: Bushy.• Group: Hardy Hybrid.• Parentage: ‘Lem’s Cameo’ X ‘Polynesian Sunset’•...
Rhododendron Happydendron Pushy Purple INKARHO
Launched by us at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show, and shortlisted as their Plant of the Year 2019!
(H5) Stunning 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 to mauvey purple,...
Rhododendron Graziella INKARHO
Now available on the Inkarho rootstock! This is a fabulous plant with very distinctive foliage featuring amazing narrow laceolate leaves. It has pink flowers from mid to late May on a low growing bushy shrub. Height 120-140cm in 10 years. Plant with plenty of good ericaceous compost to aid establishment.
Recommended for: Amazing foliage.
Easy to grow.
Ideal position: Most garden situations.
Habit:...
Cornus mas
(H6) Small clusters of bright yellow flowers in late winter and early spring, followed by dark red glossy cherry like fruits. A tree with showy golden-yellow leaves in spring, with autumn tints. Height 2-4 metres in 10 years. Best on acid-neutral soils.
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