DWARF AND SMALLER-GROWING RHODODENDRON SPECIES

A superb free-flowering selection of this popular species. This prostrate and spreading form has large flowers of bright scarlet. One of the best forms in cultivation. Selected at Glendoick Nursery and winner of the Award of Garden Merit from the RHS in 1994. A cool position with moist but well-drained soil for best results.

This is a dwarf and mounding evergreen shrub from the subalpine slopes of the Himalaya Mts. It features fragrant glossy foliage with a pure white lower surface, smooth and peeling red-brown bark and pink bells in spring – very nice. From seed collected in the wild, this variety of this widespread Himalayan species is rarely seen in gardens. Sun or light shade. Fantastic bark and foliage on this choice species.  

A very dwarf and compact plant with shiny foliage and cream flowers in mid-spring. Forms a very tight and compact mount with the bonus of bronzy new growth. best in light shade.

Rounded to somewhat erect-growing evergreen shrubs with small and elliptic, glaucous pale green leaves. Pure white flowers in small clusters in mid-spring, often re-blooming in the autumn. This is one of the best of the lapponicas for all-around garden use. It grows a bit larger than most of its close relatives but is still dwarf enough for a rock garden or the smaller urban garden. Very floriferous and easily grown, tolerant of dampish soils (with sufficient drainage), full sun best. NOTE: This trademarked clone may not be propagated or sold without the permission of Glendoick Gardens, Ltd.

Rounded to somewhat erect-growing evergreen shrubs with small and elliptic, glaucous pale green leaves. Deep lavender-blue flowers in small clusters in mid-spring, often re-blooming in the autumn. This is one of the best of the lapponicas for all-around garden use. It grows a bit larger than most of its close relatives but is still dwarf enough for a rock garden or the smaller urban garden. Very floriferous and easily grown, tolerant of moist soils (with drainage), full sun for best results.

Dwarf mounding and compact evergreen shrubs with very small aromatic leaves. These are dark glossy green on the upper surface and covered with brown scales on the lower. The flowers (mid-spring) are violet or purple to lavender. Forms a very slow growing, fantastically textural dwarf mound of dark and glossy foliage. This represents the true impeditum vs. the glaucous blue-green leaved plant that is typically sold as this species. This collection from the wild (CCHH#8235) features incredibly tiny and narrow, deep green leaves, an amazing texture and appearance.

Dwarf mounding and compact evergreen shrubs with very small aromatic leaves. These are dark glossy green on the upper surface and covered with brown scales on the lower. The flowers (mid-spring) are violet or purple to lavender. Forms a very slow growing, fantastically textural dwarf mound of dark and glossy foliage. This represents the true impeditum vs. the glaucous blue-green leaved plant (usually the closely related fastigiatum) that is typically sold as this species. This offering has been grown from cuttings taken from a favorite plant here at the RSBG.

A compact-growing species with incredible foliage and very beautiful flowers which appear in early summer after most other species have finished flowering. The leaves, which are retained for up to seven years, are quite glossy above with deeply impressed veins, coated beneath with a compact silvery to coppery indumentum. The flowers are pink with darker stripes on each lobe. This offering has been grown from hand-pollinated seed produced here at the RSBG.