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Compact to eventually quite large evergreen shrubs, remaining much smaller in cultivation. A variable, widespread and common species in the wild. The attractive foliage is covered with a pale spongy indumentum beneath. The flowers (mid-spring) are borne in a dense rounded inflorescence and vary in color from white to rose or deep pink, typically with numerous reddish spots. Rare in cultivation but a choice collector’s species. Best in light shade with excellent drainage. From wild collected seed.
A newly introduced species known from only a handful of locations in the wild. This is a member of Subsection Lapponica and has similar features to the well-known species in that group (russatum, rupicola, etc.). Relatively large leaves for this group and densely covered with dark brown scales beneath. A few flowers have already appeared on these young plants and they are also relatively large and mostly a good blue-purple. From seed collected in the wild. Best in bright light with excellent drainage.
A much lower-growing and more compact version of augustinii with red-purple flowers much earlier in the blooming season. Rarely offered but easily grown in sun or light shade. Cutting-grown plants from a plant grown from wild collected seed.
A rare and unusual species with attractively brown-scaly foliage and stunning deep red-purple flowers in late spring. A rarely offered alpine species from the high Himalaya. Excellent drainage required. Best in morning sun or filtered shade.
This is a slow-growing and choice, compact deciduous shrub with a somewhat horizontally branched and rounded habit. The small and rounded leaves are quite hairy and color up quite attractively in the autumn. The exquisite deep rose-purple flowers (mid-spring) are small and bell-shaped, hanging in showy clusters beneath the newly emerging foliage. Perfect in a woodland garden but also quite successful in full sun if well-watered. This is a stunning and very slow-growing species native to Japan. Rarely offered.
This is a sister seedling to our own selection ‘Honshu Blue’ and is virtually indistinguishable from that outstanding clone. This is a slow-growing and choice, compact deciduous shrub with a somewhat horizontally branched and rounded habit. The foliage of this selection is bright blue-green and colors attractively in the autumn. The exquisite pale rose-pink flowers (mid-spring) are small and bell-shaped, hanging in clusters and covered with a glaucous "bloom" (like a plum). Perfect in a woodland garden but also quite successful in full sun if well-watered. Native to Japan.
Rounded evergreen shrubs with shiny, deep green foliage. One of the hardiest of all species. White to yellowish or pink flowers with greenish spots in early summer. This form has glossy recurved foliage and a really dense and mounding habit, very attractive. These are grown from seed collected wild on Mt. Surikogi, Japan from a plant with pink flowers.
Dwarf mounding shrubs with small glaucous blue-green leaves. The flat-faced flowers are rose-crimson with darker crimson spots on the upper lobes in mid-spring. Easy in sun or light shade and an excellent rock garden plant. The flowers and new foliage provide a striking color combination. One of the finest of the dwarf species, this selection is very similar in appearance to the famous clone ‘Gigha’.
This fine selection of this variable species has a completely prostrate and creeping habit. Dark green glossy leaves highlight the upright, single and flat-faced, purple flowers in late spring. Perfect in a rock garden or in a container. Best in sun and relatively drought tolerant once established. This is the Award of Merit form from Windsor.
An excellent dwarf species with a prostrate but mounding habit and dark green glossy leaves with upright and flat-faced dark rose-purple flowers in late spring. Perfect in a rock garden, best in sun with excellent drainage. Basically, this is the mounding form of what has long been called “R. radicans”. This clone grown from seed collected in the wild.
An excellent dwarf species with a prostrate but mounding habit and dark green glossy leaves with upright and flat-faced dark rose-purple flowers in late spring. Perfect in a rock garden, best in sun with excellent drainage. Basically, this is the mounding form of what has long been called “R. radicans”. This offering grown from cuttings of a favorite clone at the RSBG.
A famous plant with a relatively upright but bushy growth habit, very small, bright blue-green leaves and pink flowers in late spring. A very distinct form of this variable species that is best grown in a sunny position or light shade with good drainage. Known only from northern Myanmar.