Rhododendron ponticum (Pontic rhododendron)
R. ponticum is a vigorous evergreen shrub, with glossy, dark-green leaves and clusters of funnel-shaped red purple or sometimes white flowers, sometimes spotted yellow green on the inside, in summer. May become invasive.
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6m max. spread |
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8m max. height |
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10-20 years to maturity |
Rhododendron hylaeum (Rhododendron hylaeum)
R. hylaeum is an upright, bushy, evergreens shrub or small tree with oblong to lance-shaped, olive green leaves and dense, rounded clusters of tubular to bell-shaped, spotted, pink flowers in spring.
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8m max. spread |
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12m max. height |
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10-20 years to maturity |
Rhododendron fortunei (Fortune's rhododendron)
Other names: Chinese rhododendron, Fortunei rhododendron
R. fortunei is an upright, evergreen shrub or small tree with oblong to elliptic, dark green leaves, paler beneath, and clusters of fragrant, broadly funnel-shaped, pale pink flowers in spring.
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2.5m max. spread |
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10m max. height |
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10-20 years to maturity |
Rhododendron rex subsp fictolacteum (False milky-yellow rhododendron)
Other names: Rhododendron fictolacteum
R. rex subsp fictolacteum is an upright, large evergreen shrub or small tree with large, oblong to lance-shaped, glossy, dark green leaves and, in late spring, clusters of bell-shaped, sometimes spotted, white to pale pink flowers with crimson throats.
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8m max. spread |
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12m max. height |
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10-20 years to maturity |
Rhododendron montroseanum (Rhododendron montroseanum)
Other names: Rhododendron mollyanum
R. montroseanum is an upright, borderline hardy, evergreen shrub or small tree with large, elliptic to oblong, deeply-veined, glossy dark green leaves, white-hairy beneath, and, in early spring, spherical clusters of tubular, pink flowers, each with a crimson basal blotch.
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8m max. spread |
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9m max. height |
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10-20 years to maturity |
Rhododendron sinogrande (Great Chinese rhododendron)
Other names: Rhododendron sinogrande var. boreale
R. sinogrande is a borderline hardy, evergreen shrub or small tree with large, oblong to lance-shaped, glossy, dark green leaves, silvery to pale brown beneath, and clusters of widely bell-shaped, red-marked, pale yellow to creamy-white flowers in mid- to late spring.
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10m max. spread |
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10m max. height |
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10-20 years to maturity |
Rhododendron macabeanum (Rhododendron macabeanum)
R. macabeanum is an evergreen large shrub or small tree with large, dark green leaves that have white indumentum underneath. In spring it bears bell shaped, yellow flowers.
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8m max. spread |
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10m max. height |
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5-10 years to maturity |
Rhododendron hodgsonii (Hodgson's rhododendron)
R. hodgsonii is an upright, evergreen shrub or small tree with peeling, reddish-brown to grey bark and oblong to elliptic, glossy, dark green leaves, pale brown and hairy beneath. Spherical clusters of tubular to bell-shaped, pink, purple, or crimson flowers in mid- to late spring.
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6m max. spread |
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8m max. height |
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10-20 years to maturity |
Rhododendron titapuriense (Rhododendron titapuriense)
R. titapuriense is an upright, borderline hardy, evergreen tree with broadly elliptic to ovate, veined, dark green leaves, felted reddish-brown beneath, and rounded clusters of bell-shaped, creamy-white flowers in spring.
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10m max. spread |
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20m max. height |
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10-20 years to maturity |
Rhododendron arizelum (Rhododendron arizelum)
Other names: Rhododendron rex subsp. arizelum, Rhododendron arizelum var rubicosum
R. arizelum is a large, upright, evergreen shrub or small tree with oblong to ovate, dark green leaves, brown-felted beneath, and rounded clusters of bell-shaped, lobed, red-spotted, pink, yellow, or white flowers in mid- to late spring.
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8m max. spread |
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8m max. height |
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10-20 years to maturity |
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