Rhododendron is a large genus with over 800 species including the plants known to gardeners as azalea. Rhododendron is a very widely distributed genus, occurring in both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.
They may be either evergreen or deciduous and are best known for their many clusters of large trumpet-shaped flowers. Many hybrids and garden cultivars have been bred making Rhododendrons an extremely valuable garden plant.
Rhododendron arboreum ssp. delavayi photos – 2 – species E India, Burma, China
Rhododendron ‘Christmas Cheer’ photos – 7 – (parentage) R. caucasicum hybrid – flws Aug
Rhododendron x cilpinense photos – 4 – (parentage) R. moupinense x ciliatum – flws Aug
– R.CILPINENSE DENSE, SPRAWLING, MANY FLOWERS
Rhododendron Choremia’ photos – 3 – (parentage) R. haematodes x arboreum – flws Aug
Rhododendron ‘Cornubia’ photos – 10 – (parentage) R. arboreum hybrid – flws Aug
Rhododendron elliottii photos – 3 – (parentage) species, NE India – flws June
Rhododendron ‘Graham’ photos – 5 – (parentage) R. clipinense hybrid – flws Aug
Rhododendron ‘Kaponga’ photos – 2 – (parentage) R. arboreum x ‘Ivery’s Scarlet’ – flws Aug
Rhododendron konori photos – 2 – not hardy, Papua New Guinea
Rhododendron ‘Little Glendoe’ photos – – (parentage) R. forrestii x R. arboreum ssp. delavayi
Rhododendron ‘Lucy Lou’ photos – 2 – flws Aug-Sept
Rhododendron ‘Marion’ photos – 7 – (parentage) R. ‘Pink Pearl’ x ‘Grandiflorum’ – flws July-Aug
Rhododendron ‘Mrs Henry Shilson’ photos – 3 – (parentage) R. arboreum hybrid – flws Aug
Rhododendron ‘Praecox’ photos – 2 – (parentage) R. ciliatum x dauricum – flws Aug
Rhododendron praestans photos – 1 – (parentage) species, Burma, SE Tibet – flws Aug
Rhododendron rirei photos – 1 – (parentage) species W. China – flws Aug
Rhododendron rothschildii photos – 4 – (parentage) species NW Yunnan & Tibet – flws Aug
Rhododendron scabrifolium photos – 1 – (parentage) species, Yunnan – flws June
Rhododendron ‘September Snow’ photos – 3 – (parentage) R. leucaspis x bullatum – flws Aug
Rhododendron Snow Lady’ photos – 3 – (parentage) R. leucaspis x ciliatum – flws Aug
Rhododendron Waireka’ photos – 2 – (parentage) R. ‘Lovelock’ x R. ciliatum – flws Aug