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 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 oreotrephes 'Bluecalyptus' (Rhododendron oreotrephes 'Bluecalyptus')
Other names: Rhododendron artosquameum 'Bluecalyptus', Rhododendron timeteum 'Bluecalyptus', Rhododendron oreotrephes 'Blue-Calyptus'
'Bluecalyptus' is a vigorous, upright, evergreen shrub with oblong to elliptic, blue-green, scaly beneath, and rounded clusters of funnel- to bell-shaped, mauve, purple, or rose-pink flowers in mid- to late spring.
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5m max. spread |
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5m max. height |
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10-20 years to maturity |
Rhododendron auriculatum x hemsleyanum (Rhododendron auriculatum x hemsleyanum)
Other names: Rhododendron hemsleyanum x auriculatum
R. auriculatum x hemsleyanum is an upright, widely-spreading, large evergreen shrub or small tree with large, oblong to narrowly lance-shaped, dark green leaves and, in summer, clusters of fragrant, funnel-shaped, white flowers with lobed petals and green throats.
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5m max. spread |
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6m max. height |
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10-20 years to maturity |
Rhododendron thomsonii (Thomson's rhododendron)
R. thomsonii is an upright, evergreen shrub or small tree with smooth, exfoliating, purple-brown bark, broadly ovate, dark green leaves and pendent clusters of bell-shaped, waxy, fleshy, deep red flowers in mid- to late spring.
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6m max. spread |
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6m max. height |
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10-20 years to maturity |
Rhododendron lutescens (Lutescens rhododendron)
R. lutescens is a bushy, erect, semi-evergreen shrub with ovate to lance-shaped, dull green leaves, bronze when young and paler beneath. Clusters of broadly funnel-shaped, yellow flowers with green-spotted throats bloom in early spring.
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5m max. spread |
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5m max. height |
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5-10 years to maturity |
Rhododendron 'Cynthia' (Rhododendron 'Cynthia')
'Cynthia' is a very large evergreen shrub with oblong leaves and large trusses of funnel-shaped, dark-pink flowers.
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6m max. spread |
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6m 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 |
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