Small Leaved Rhododendrons

Clear primrose yellow flowers with greenish spots on the upper lobes in April - May. 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 100-120cm in 10 years. R. ambiguum Jane Banks is a good clone raised at Hergest Croft Gardens in Herefordshire, which was...

Images Supplied and Owned by Roland Kersten, Fleurolex Vitroplant production srl (H6) Clusters of three to four lightly fragrant, double pink flowers in mid-spring. This semi-evergreen shrub reaches approximately 1 meter in height and exhibits a compact, branching growth habit. It features small, elliptic deep green leaves that develop a reddish-bronze hue in autumn. Requires a sheltered position,...

(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...

Wonderful profusion of pendant tubular red to plum crimson flowers in May and June. This plant has superb bluey-grey young foliage. Best in partial shade and it does need an open situation to allow lots of air circulation but also must be protected from frost. Height 120cm in 10 years. The painting is by Walter Hood Fitch, who re-worked Hooker's original field sketch. It appears in Hooker's landmark...

An excellent early flowering American hybrid with clear shell pink flowers in February - March. This plant has lovely oval deep green leaves, tinged bronze-red on the young foliage. Height 60-80cm in 10 years. We love this plant and recommend it as a modern replacement for Rhododendron Tessa. Better flowers, clearer pink, bushier habit and much tougher! Recommended for small gardens and mixed borders....

Masses of pink to white flowers with a striking crimson blotch. It is paler in sun than shade. Very free flowering in April - May and is an absolute stunner! Height 120cm in 10 years.You will note that the collector seed number appears in the name of this plant. This identifies where the plant was collected from, when and by whom. Plant collectors carefully document where they find their seeds and...

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:...

Pretty pink flowers in April to May. This is an easy strong-growing shrub that can grow very large. It has interesting bronze green foliage and is good for windbreaks. Height 140-160cm in 10 years. A easy plant with pretty flowers. Easy to grow. Ideal position: most garden situations. Habit: upright. Group: Small Leaved Rhododendron. Subsection: Heliolepida. Introduction date: pre 1900 (1889). Species...

(H5) Vivid to light orange, cinnabarinum-like flowers, with a faint rose blush in April/May and interesting blue-green leaves. A standout maddenii/cinnabarinum hybrid ('Full House' x concatenans). Requires a sheltered site out of strong winds (requires good air flow though!), in moist but well-drained acidic soil. 125-150cm in 10 years. Recommended for lovely orange flower and interesting foliage Habit:...

(TRIFLORA H6) A special floriferous selection named by David Millais in 2022, with a mass of large white flowers. The flowers are lily scented, with yellow-orange markings on the upper lobe, and distinctive pink toned stamens. The pure white flowers really do look stunning, both close up and from a distance during April-May. Forms a bushy upright shrub, tolerant of drier and shadier positions. Height...

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:...