SOME OF OUR RHODODENDRONS 2024
R. ‘Gomer Waterer‘ has been growing on this bank for about 50 years. It is a very tough plant, resistant to wet or dry weather and strong winds.
‘Wombat’ is a Japanese Azalea which flourishes on the same west facing slope.
R. ‘Marlis’ was fighting a losing battle with Hosta ‘Empress Wu’. The empress has been deported to a more spacious home.
R.‘Loderi King George’. This is an old plant in the woodland. Large, scented blossoms.
‘Naomi Nautilis’ . Another old plant, about 6 metres tall. In the garden, where the younger Rhododendrons are planted. Has a fairly long flowering season.
‘Lems Cameo’. One of our new plantings. Raised by Halfden Lem, an enthusiastic breeder from the USA.
‘Fairylight’. One of my favourites, raised at Exbury. Flowers in late May and is reliable every year.
‘Taurus’. This is probably our best red. Grows wider than high and flowers quite early in April.
‘Geoffrey Millais’ best with some shelter from cold winds.
‘Queen Elizabeth II’ Our best yellow. Very long wait for the first flowers.
‘Blue Diamond’ This plant is more than 50 years old and has been moved at least four times.
‘Pink Gin’ A lovely small leaved hybrid bred by Millais. This plant has flowered much better after being moved from a more shaded site.
‘Point Defiance‘ This hybrid from U.S.A is a very robust plant, with a spreading habit of growth.
‘Naomi Pink Form’ One of my favourites growing in the Picton Garden. Peter Chappell [Spinners Nursery] recommended it about 50 years ago. One of the best from Exbury. I really ought to plant another on the hill.
‘Tortoishell Wonder’ A colourful display in late May.
‘R. dendrocharis’ A compact species with upright growth and very happy in a shaded home.
‘R. calostratum’ Another lovely dwarf species, compact and free flowering in a shaded site.
‘Cosmopolitan’ A tough free flowering hybrid, reliable every year.Growing in an open, fairly sunny spot, near to the late flowering camellias.
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