In the partial sun to dappled shade, this lovely tall graceful upright shrub thrives and the flowers, which appear mid Spring, are an amazing electric violet/blue and almost glow in the shade. Very nice evergreen leaves. A real show stopper. Reaches 2 meters in 10 years and eventually reaching 3...
Possibly Rhododendron luteum. Heavily perfumed brilliant yellow flowers appear mid Spring and clothe the entire plant just as the leaves emerge. Highly ornamental. The well established seed plant is only 1.5 meters tall with equal spread.
Beautiful trumpet shaped blooms come in clusters at the branch tips. The flowers, though intensely fragrant, are also very sticky. Mature shrubs are only 1.2 meters tall with an equal spread. Very open and graceful form in dappled shade.
Stout multistemmed evergreen shrub to 2 meters in height with equal spread at maturity. Large dark green leaves (15 cm by 5 cm) have a down when first emerging but is lost over the weeks. Thick butterscotch to fawn coloured indumentum. In May, blooms first appear pink then fade to white as they...
Deciduous azalea with clear orange fragrant flowers in large clusters. Shrubby mounded form of 1.5 meters with an equal spread. Blooms from mid May to mid June. Grows under the shade of a very large Acer griseum during the summer, otherwise has full sun in the late Autumn to mid Spring.
Possibly Rhododendron sanguineum. Dark red glossy blooms are so unusual they appear artificial until you touch them and even then they have so much substance they could be moulded out of wax. Small lovely ovate leaves. Grows to 1 meter tall with a 2 meter spread.
An absolutely stunning rhododendron with lovely smooth blue-green elongated foliage and rugged rusty brown bark. Only blooms once every two years but what a show! Foliage almost disappears behind the deep pink trumpet like flower clusters. Heavy producing nectaries bring in the pollinators from...
Possible Loderi hybrid. Beautiful scented flowers are welcome in any garden but more so from a Rhododendron as it is so uncommon. The Loderi hybrid group is hard to surpass for fragrance. Pale pink trumpet shaped blooms open from dark pink buds in sequence so you can enjoy its sweet scent over...
