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Tall Hybrid Rhododendrons: Page 2
Rhododendron Kluis Sensation AGM
(H5) Strong red with crimson spotting, in wide funnel shaped slightly frilled flowers, on a compact globular truss in May / June. A compact plant and fairly slow growing, with concave leaves. Tolerates sun and heat, and has been a recommended variety to survive the heat in Australia! Height 175-200cm in 10 years.
• Recommended for: Hedging/screening, tough variety.• Easy to grow.•...
Rhododendron Kokardia
Striking frilled lavender pink flowers with a prominent wine red blotch. Flowering in May this lovely plant has glossy green leaves. It is a dense plant that grows wider than tall. Height 140-160cm in 10 years.
Recommended for: Striking flower.
Easy to grow.
Ideal position: Most garden situations.
Habit: Dense.
Group: Hybrid Rhododendron.
Parentage: 'Humboldt' (s) X 'Direktor E. Hjelm'.
Hybridization...
Rhododendron Kokardia (Second's)
Please note these have been reduced as they are not first grade, they may be lacking flower buds, have marked leaves from treated lace bug damage, not the best shape or have a hole/gap. If you are interested in any of these and wish to see photos please email or call and we can get some over to you.
Striking frilled lavender pink flowers with a prominent wine red blotch. Flowering in May this lovely...
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 Lem's Monarch AGM
Probably one of the best American hybrids ever. This plant is red in bud opening to huge superb pink flower trusses, with red edging fading to pale pink. It is a truely striking, choice, dense plant. Lems Monarch is stunning in late May and early June. Height 150-180cm in 10 years.
Recommended for: Hedging/screening and stunning flower.
Easy to grow.
Ideal position: Most garden situations.
Habit:...
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:...
Rhododendron Lodbrit
(H5) Dark crimson buds open to large wide funnel shaped cherry pink flowers, fading to very light pink. Late May flowering. A strong Loderi x Britannia hybrid with large healthy green leaves on a dense growing plant. Height 150-175cm 10 years.
It is a shame that this plant does not give the wonderful scent of Loderi, but we are impressed with the lovely deep flowers and strong growth of dense habit...
Rhododendron Loderi Pink Coral
Pale coral pink highly scented flowers with a brownish purple blotch flowering in early May. A tall growing woodland plant that requires shelter and protection from strong wind. Height 180cm in 10 years.
This is one of the deepest pink clones of Loderi, but like all of them, the flowers will fade to pale pinky-white after a few days, but the lovely scent remains.
Recommended for: Strongly scented...
Rhododendron Loderi Pink Diamond AGM
Large sweetly scented trusses of rose pink flowers which fade paler, almost to white, and have faint brown markings. Flowering in early May this is a fast growing upright plant needing a sheltered woodland position. Height 180cm in 10 years.
Like all Loderi clones, the flowers will fade to white after a few days, but the lovely scent remains.
Recommended for: Strongly scented flowers.
Plantsman...
Rhododendron Loderi Pink Diamond AGM (Second's)
Please note these have been reduced as they are not first grade, they may be lacking flower buds, have marked leaves from treated lace bug damage, not the best shape or have a hole/gap. If you are interested in any of these and wish to see photos please email or call and we can get some over to you.
Large sweetly scented trusses of rose pink flowers which fade paler, almost to white, and have faint...
Rhododendron Madame Masson AGM
White star-like flowers with a golden yellow blotch flowering in late May early June. This is a very old hybrid that is extremely tough, reliable and striking. A dense well shaped plant with shiny dark foliage which is ideal for hedging and screening. Height 150-180cm in 10 years.
Recommended for: Hedging/screening.
Easy to grow.
Ideal position: Most garden situations.
Habit: Dense.
Group:...
Rhododendron Markeeta's Prize AGM
Fine large bright scarlet flowers with darker spots. Flowering in early May it has thick dark green foliage on a tall upright plant. Markeetas Prize is one of the best reds available but we do recommend partial shade to prevent the blooms from fading. Height 175-200cm in 10 years.This is a great tough plant that is ideal for hedging and screening.
Recommended for: One of the best reds.
Easy to...
Rhododendron Maroon Sappho
(H6) Lilac in bud opening to white flowers with a lilac flush, and a prominent maroon red flare on the upper lobe. Late May flowering. A strong growing plant with a neat habit. Height 150-175cm in 10 years.
This is a neat and much more manageable plant for most gardens than the well known R. Sappho, which is too large and sprawly for many gardens. Although the Maroon Sappho flower is a little smaller,...
Rhododendron Metallica
(H7) Stunning deep violet flowers with a prominent blotch and speckling on the upper lobes, flowering in late May and early June. This is a very hardy plant from Northern Germany, and was bred by Holger Hachmann in 2009. As yet not registered, but also known as Hachmann's Metallica. Height 150-175cm in 10 years.
Recommended for: Striking flower..
Easy to grow.
Ideal position: Most garden situations.
Habit:...
Rhododendron Midnight Beauty
(H6) Almost black buds open to dark burgundy red flowers with a darker blotch and wavy edges. Cream coloured anthers add extra interest. Height 150-175cm in 10 years.
• Recommended for: Tough variety and stunning colour.• Easy to grow.• Ideal position: Dappled shade in most garden situations.• Habit: Can be thin so plant with other Rhododendrons.• Group: Hardy Hybrid.•...
Rhododendron Mount Everest
Superb pure white flowers with red-brown speckling in the throat. This is a showy plant that is very free flowering in May and faintly scented. Mid-green leaves on a dense, bushy vigorous plant. Height 150-180cm in 10 years.This is a great plant that is ideal for hedging and screening.
Recommended for: Wonderful pure white flowers.
Easy to grow.
Ideal position: Most garden situations.
Habit:...
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: Can become tree-like.
Group:...
Rhododendron Mrs Charles Pearson AGM
This pretty and useful plant has mauve-pink buds that fade to near white in flower with brown spots. It has good dark foliage and flowers in late May to early June. It is vigorous and has an upright and dense habit. Height 180cm in 10 years.It certainly is one of our favourites and is ideal for hedging and screening. Vigorous and tolerating sun and heat, this is a great plant. Height 150-180cm in 10...
Rhododendron Mrs T.H. Lowinsky AGM (Second's)
Please note these have been reduced as they are not first grade, they may be lacking flower buds, have marked leaves from treated lace bug damage, not the best shape or have a hole/gap. If you are interested in any of these and wish to see photos please email or call and we can get some over to you.
Mauve buds open to orchid pink and fade to white with a conspicuous and distinctive orange blotch in...
Rhododendron Nobleanum Album
Early pure white flowers in a small rounded truss. This is a dense bush which flowers any time from January to March often flowering again after frosts to welcome in the spring. The narrow leaves have a thin layer of silvery indumentum. Height 140-160cm in 10 years.
Recommended for: Early flower.
Easy to grow.
Ideal position: Most garden situations.
Habit: Dense.
Group: Hybrid Rhododendron.
Parentage:...
Rhododendron Nobleanum Venustum
Early pink flowers, shading to white in the centre with dark crimson markings. A dense bush which flowers any time from November to March, often flowering again after frosts, to welcome in the spring. The narrow leaves have a thin layer of silvery indumentum.Height 140-160cm in 10 years.
Recommended for: Early flower.
Easy to grow.
Ideal position: Most garden situations.
Habit: Dense.
Group:...
Rhododendron Nova Zembla
(H6) Deep pink in bud opening to deep pink flowers with darker spotting during late May to early June. These can fade to soft pink in strong sun. Great dark green foliage on a sturdy upright plant. Good for hedging and screening. It is also heat and sun tolerant, and very hardy. Height 150-175cm in 10 years.
Recommended for: Hedging/screening.
Easy to grow.
Ideal position: Most garden situations.
Habit:...
Rhododendron Old Port
Extremely attractive medium reddish purple flowers with a deep blotch flowering in late May. This is a vigorous old hybrid with good glossy leaves. Height 150-180 cm in 10 years.
Recommended for: Striking flower and great foliage.
Easy to grow.
Ideal position: Most garden situations.
Habit: Dense.
Group: Hybrid Rhododendron.
Parentage: catawbiense hybrid.
Hybridization date: pre 1900 ( before...
Rhododendron Old Port (Second's)
Please note these have been reduced as they are not first grade, they may be lacking flower buds, have marked leaves from treated lace bug damage, not the best shape or have a hole/gap. If you are interested in any of these and wish to see photos please email or call and we can get some over to you.
Extremely attractive medium reddish purple flowers with a deep blotch flowering in late May. This is...
Rhododendron Olga AGM
A compact plant with very striking light orange-apricot flowers fringed pink with deeper spotting. Flowering in late May to June it has good foliage on a plant with a spreading habit. Height 140-160cm in 10 years.Orange varieties do tend to grow a little more slowly than other colours.
Recommended for: Striking flower.
Easy to grow.
Ideal position: Most garden situations.
Habit: Open.
Group:...
Rhododendron Orakel
(H7) Striking dark purple variety with a distinctive blackberry blotch. A tough variety from Hachmann's Nursery in Northern Germany, flowering in late May-early June, with good winter hardiness. 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!
• Recommended...
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 Peter Alan
(H6) Purple blue flowers with a prominent purplish black eye, and contrasting anthers, forming a good upright truss during late May. A strong growing plant with a broad upright habit and heavily textured dark green foliage. Height 150-175cm in 10 years.
A Purple Splendour hybrid raised by Peter Girard, USA
Recommended for: Tough variety with striking flowers. Hedging and Screening.
Ideal position:...
Rhododendron Picobello
(H7) Each flower truss is made up of 11 pure white flowers with a deep red blotch on the upper lobe. Wavy dark green foliage with a broad compact rounded habit. A very hardy plant, flowering in late May - early June. Height 125-150cm in 10 years.
• Recommended for: Middle of the boarder height• Easy to grow.• Ideal position: Most garden situations.• Habit: Dense mound.• Group:...
Rhododendron Pink Purple Dream
(H6) Light purple to pink flowers in May. An upright, broad growing shrub that prefers a semi-shady to shady location. Requires moist but well-drained acid soil. Height 100-125cm and a width of 150-175cm in 10 years.
Rhododendron Polar Bear
Icy white and strongly fragrant trumpet-shaped flowers with a light green throat. Flowering in July it has large veined foliage on a fast growing sturdy shrub. It does need some shelter and a warm position. Height 180 cm or more, in 10 years. Rarely available elsewhere, and highly sought-after. Flowering may take up to 10 years
Recommended for: Later flowering and scent.
Plantsman range.
Ideal...
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 Pubicostatum
(TALIENSIA H7) Trusses of light pink flowers. April-May. Excellent foliage with sparse brown indumentum on underside. Probably natural hybrid between R. bureavii and R. sikangense. Height 40-60 cm in 10 years.
Rhododendron Queen Elizabeth II
Please note these 70-80cm plants have been reduced as they are not first grade, they may be lacking flower buds, have marked leaves from treated lace bug damage, not the best shape or have a hole/gap. If you are interested in any of these and wish to see photos please email or call and we can get some over to you.
Lovely glowing trusses of clear primrose yellow funnel shaped flowers 30 x 115mm in...
Rhododendron Rabatz
(H6) 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.This is a third generation plant from Hans Hachmann in Germany. The lineage of this plant goes back to 'Hachmann's Feuerschein' in 1978. Since then, Hachmann kept re-crossing...
Rhododendron Red Jack
Attractive ruby red flowers in a tall conical truss during mid May. This is a good solid red that catches the eye. Bred at Boskoop Research Station, Holland, we think it is a lovely plant. Height 150-180cm in 10 years.
Recommended for: Good strong red.
Easy to grow.
Ideal position: Most garden situations.
Habit: Dense.
Group: Hybrid Rhododendron.
Parentage: 'Wilgen's Ruby'...
Rhododendron Ring of Fire
A stunning variety with unusual flowers of golden yellow with striking orange-red edging. Flowering in mid May this plant has an upright dense habit with good foliage. Height 140cm in 10 years. It does require some shelter to protect from heavy frosts.
Recommended for: Unusual flower.
Easy to grow.
Ideal position: needs careful site selection.
Habit: Dense.
Group: Hybrid Rhododendron.
Parentage:...
Rhododendron Roseum Elegans
Beautiful lavender flowers fading to pink, with reddish brown spotting. Flowering in late May early June this lovely old hybrid has olive green foliage. It tolerates sun, heat and cold and is a dense and vigorous grower. It is ideal for windbreaks or hedging and screening. Height 180cm in 10 years.
Recommended for: Hedging/screening.
Easy to grow.
Ideal position: Most garden situations.
Habit:...
Rhododendron Roseum Elegans (Second's)
Please note these have been reduced as they are not first grade. They have grown out at an angle and will need to planted in a way that they can start to grow upright. If you are interested in any of these and wish to see photos please email or call and we can get some over to you.
Beautiful lavender flowers fading to pink, with reddish brown spotting. Flowering in late May early June this lovely...
Rhododendron Sappho
Mauve buds open to lovely white flowers with a conspicuous dark purple, almost black, blotch. Flowering in May to June this is a wonderful distinctive old hybrid that has dark foliage, is vigorous and has an upright, open habit. It is best to avoid deep shade which can cause the plant to sprawl. Height 180cm in 10 years.
Recommended for: Stunning flower.
Easy to grow.
Ideal position: Requires...
Rhododendron Silver Edge
An interesting variegated plant with distinctive silver leaf edging. It has soft lavender blue flowers in May to June. A dense and fast growing, tough plant. Height 180+ cm in 10 years.This plant is ideal for hedging and screening. It is vigorous and tolerates sun.
Recommended for: Hedging/screening.
Easy to grow.
Ideal position: Most garden situations.
Habit: Dense.
Group: Hardy Hybrid.
Parentage:...
Rhododendron Sir Charles Butler
Stunning fragrant blush white funnel shaped flowers in May. It forms a large plant, but needs protecting from cold wind and the worst frosts. A wonderful fast growing plant that flowers after 5 years. Height 180cm in 10 years.
Recommended for lovely scented flower.
Easy to grow.
Ideal position: sheltered woodland.
Habit: upright, tree-like.
Group: Hybrid Rhododendron.
Parentage: unknown, probably...
Rhododendron Sir Charles Lemon AGM
This plant is an absolute must for every woodland garden. It has ivory white flowers in April and makes a wonderful large upright shrub/tree. It has a distinctive cinnamon/rust indumentum on the underside of the leaves. It does need protection from sun. Height 150cm in 10 years.Named after Sir Charles Lemon, who inherited the Carclew Estate, Penryn, Cornwall in 1824. The impressive house burnt down...
Rhododendron Snowy River
(H5) Rounded trusses of light purple flowers with deeper veining in April-May. Mid green interesting foliage with a pale fawn indumentum below. Height 100-125cm in 10 years.
• Recommended for: Interesting Foliage• Ideal position: Dappled shade in most garden situations.• Habit: Bushy.• Group: Hardy Hybrid.• Parentage: ririei X niveum• Hybridisation date: pre 2000 (1974)•...
Rhododendron Spring Sunshine
Soft pale yellow flowers flushed apricot in a good neat truss that flower in early May. A gorgeous plant with prominent white buds all winter and excellent dark green foliage with light brown indumentum below. This plant was raised by David's father, Ted Millais. Height 140-160cm in 10 years. It does require some shelter from cold winter breezes.As with all yellow Rhododendrons, this plant needs good...
Rhododendron Starbright Champagne
Creamy yellow flowers with pointed star like petals. Flowering mid to late May this is an exciting hybrid which is dense and slow growing. The young growth is reddish bronze. Height 120-150cm in 10 years.
Recommended for: Unusual flowers.
Plantsman range.
Ideal position: Dappled shade, needs careful site selection.
Habit: Dense.
Group: Hybrid Rhododendron.
Parentage: 'Yaku...
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 Susan
Large trusses of flowers in two shades of mauve fading to near white, with darker margins and purple speckling. Flowering in April-May she has good, dark shiny foliage and makes a broad and dense plant. Height 140-160cm in 10 years.
Recommended for: Unusual flower colour.
Easy to grow.
Ideal position: Most garden situations.
Habit: Dense.
Group: Hybrid Rhododendron.
Parentage: campanulatum...