Several of our Early Bloomers are showing their colors.
Mahonia x media ‘Arthur Menzies’
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R. arboreum
1964/118 LEO (0\R1\6). Rose (55A) in bud, opening to rose (55B) flowers with darker pink flecks and basal blotching. One of the most amazing flowers in the collection. Large evergreen shrubs or trees, often growing to 100 ft. in the wild, (hence its name, meaning “tree-like”) but rarely over 40 ft. in cultivation. The flowers […]
R. beanianum
Rounded evergreen shrubs with ascending bristly branches. Very attractive foliage, shiny and rugulose on the upper surface, with a thick cinnamon brown indumentum on the lower. The fleshy bell-shaped flowers (late winter to mid-spring) are deep red or scarlet to carmine. One of the first species to bloom in the garden each year. This species […]
R. dauricum ‘Midwinter’
1974/008 ‘Midwinter” Berg (-25\R1\5). Red-purple flowers on this AM and FCC form. Our earliest-blooming rhododendron, typically in early January. Tough, hardy, and very floriferous.
R. goodenoughii–in bloom in the Rutherford Conservatory
R. goodenoughii is blooming in the Rutherford Conservatory. It was named after Goodenough Island in Papua New Guinea where this plant comes from.
R. lanigerum
Large rounded evergreen shrubs with pale tomentose branches. The dark and shiny leaves have a woolly whitish to fawn indumentum on their undersides. The flowers emerge from the most amazing-looking large buds in early spring. The fuzzy overlapping scales of the buds give the appearance of some strange small pineapple and provide a great show […]
R. ochraceum–in bloom at the RSBG
This species is little known and extremely rare. Visit the garden to see this precious rhododendron! Many more rhododendrons are in bloom as well. For more information on this species, see our New Introduction R. ochraceum page.
R. strigillosum
One of the finest species in the genus. Very large, deep red flowers with black nectar pouches in early spring. The leaves are stunning – deep green in color and quite long with very bristly petioles and margins. A superb foliage plant with equally impressive flowers. This species is best in shade to light shade […]
R. veitchianum
Large and vigorous, but often compact-growing shrubs with smooth and shiny reddish brown bark. The large fragrant flowers are white, often with a yellow blotch and typically frilled or wavy along the outer part of the lobes. Quite variable in terms of blooming season and requiring excellent drainage. Native to S Burma, Laos, Thailand and […]
R. lanigerum
Large rounded evergreen shrubs with pale tomentose branches. The dark and shiny leaves have a woolly whitish to fawn indumentum on their undersides. The flowers emerge from the most amazing-looking large buds in early spring. The fuzzy overlapping scales of the buds give the appearance of some strange small pineapple and provide a great show […]
R. veitchianum
Large and vigorous, but often compact-growing shrubs with smooth and shiny reddish brown bark. The large fragrant flowers are white, often with a yellow blotch and typically frilled or wavy along the outer part of the lobes. Quite variable in terms of blooming season and requiring excellent drainage. Native to S Burma, Laos, Thailand and […]
R. strigillosum
One of the finest species in the genus. Very large, deep red flowers with black nectar pouches in early spring. The leaves are stunning – deep green in color and quite long with very bristly petioles and margins. A superb foliage plant with equally impressive flowers. This species is best in shade to light shade […]
R. beanianum
Rounded evergreen shrubs with ascending bristly branches. Very attractive foliage, shiny and rugulose on the upper surface, with a thick cinnamon brown indumentum on the lower. The fleshy bell-shaped flowers (late winter to mid-spring) are deep red or scarlet to carmine. One of the first species to bloom in the garden each year. This species […]
R. arboreum
1964/118 LEO (0\R1\6). Rose (55A) in bud, opening to rose (55B) flowers with darker pink flecks and basal blotching. One of the most amazing flowers in the collection. Large evergreen shrubs or trees, often growing to 100 ft. in the wild, (hence its name, meaning “tree-like”) but rarely over 40 ft. in cultivation. The flowers […]
Mahonia x media ‘Arthur Menzies’
Click to enlarge
R. dauricum ‘Midwinter’
1974/008 ‘Midwinter” Berg (-25\R1\5). Red-purple flowers on this AM and FCC form. Our earliest-blooming rhododendron, typically in early January. Tough, hardy, and very floriferous.
R. goodenoughii–in bloom in the Rutherford Conservatory
R. goodenoughii is blooming in the Rutherford Conservatory. It was named after Goodenough Island in Papua New Guinea where this plant comes from.
R. ochraceum–in bloom at the RSBG
This species is little known and extremely rare. Visit the garden to see this precious rhododendron! Many more rhododendrons are in bloom as well. For more information on this species, see our New Introduction R. ochraceum page.