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,...

This is a most beautiful upright shrub, with flowers varying from pale lavender to deep violet blue, often with green or brown spots. Very free flowering in April-May. It has interesting small leaves usually with hairs on the midrib on the underside with young growth often reddish bronze. Height 140-160cm in 10 years. A must have for all gardens!. Easy to grow. Ideal position: most garden...

(TRIFLORA H5) Beautiful lavender mauve flowers, paler in the centre, in late June. A select form collected by David's father. Compact growth habit. May. Sichuan, Yunnan. Height 100cm in 10 years. A must have for all gardens!. Easy to grow. Ideal position: most garden situations. Habit: upright. Group: Small Leaved Rhododendron. Subsection: Triflora. Introduction date: TBC. Species distribution:...

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...

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...

Beautiful apricot-yellow long tubular bell shaped flowers appearing in May and June. This plant also has superb blue grey foliage especially in summer. The young leaf growth is tinged purple or purplish brown on the underside - very interesting. To perform well, it does requires an open site with plenty of air circulation. Height 120cm in 10 years.You will note that the collector seed number appears...

(H5) Deep magenta in bud opening to deep magenta wide funnel shaped flowers held in a loose truss in April. An upright plant ideal for the middle of a border to add a different height. This plant has small mid to dark green leaves and like most small leaved rhododendrons can have a semi-open habit. Typical height 150-175cm in 10 years • Easy to grow.• Ideal position: sheltered, dappled shade,...

(TRIFLORA H5) Clear pink flowers in April - May. Lanceolate leaves. Height 120°Cm in 10 years.

Masses of particularly fine clear pink wide funnel shaped flowers in April-May. This particular clone of davidsonianum is very free flowering. Leaves are narrow and pointed, and V shaped in profile. Height 120cm in 10 years. Recommended for mixed borders. Easy to grow. Ideal position: most garden situations. Habit: upright. Group: Small Leaved Rhododendron. Subsection: Triflora. Introduction...

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;...

Stunning bright violet blue flowers, flushed red, that appear in profusion in April. Pale green young growth turns to glossy dark leaves which are reddish-bronze in winter. Tall growing habit, height 100-125cm in 10 years. Recommended for great foliage and flowers. Easy to grow. Ideal position: most garden situations. Habit: Upright. Group: Rhododendron hybrid. Parentage: concinnum Pseudoyanthinum...

Early rosy lilac flowers liven up the garden during February - March. A lovely historic plant with dark green shiny leaves and an upright habit. Height 80-100cm in 10 years.Flower buds open well if cut and brought inside for indoor decoration.A tough plant with flowers which can tolerate a few degrees of frost, so it's well worth a place within the garden, but find some shelter for best flowering....

Excellent white flowering form with red spotting that always attracts attention when in flower during April and May. Nicely scented with outstanding glaucous blue foliage. Height 120cm in 10 years. Recommended for fabulous white scented flower and great foliage. Easy to grow. Ideal position: sheltered, dappled shade. Habit: upright. Group: Small Leaved Rhododendron. Subsection: Triflora. Introduction...

This selection, collected by the late Ted Millais, has attractive deep pink flowers in April to May. This is an easy vigorous strong-growing shrub that will grow large in time. It has interesting small bronze green foliage and is good for windbreaks and will tolerate neutral soil. Height 150-175cm in 10 years. Ted collected this on one of his early trips to the Himalayas during the 1980's. He gave...

This excellent selection has striking deep purple flowers with green mottling, paler in the throat, and reddish purple on the outside. Flowering in June this is a bushy plant with interesting small hairy leaves and stems. This selection was grown by J.B. Stevenson and introduced by A.E. Hardy in 1969. Height 140-160cm in 10 years. Recommended for lovely late flower to extend the season. Easy to...

(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:...