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RHODODENDRON USEFUL LISTS

HARDY RHODODENDRONS AND AZALEAS

Red

‘Baden Baden’ (-15F)
‘Besse Howells’ (-15F)
‘Blinklicht’ (-20F)
‘Burgundy’ (-15F)
‘Henry’s Red’ (-25F)
‘Holden’ (-15F)
‘Nova Zembla’ (-25F)
‘Scarlet Romance’ (-25F)
‘Senorita Chere’ (-15F)
‘Skookum’ (-15F)
‘Skookumchuck’ (-15F)
‘Trilby’ (-15F)
‘Vulcan’s Flame’(15F)

Yellow/orange/Peach

‘Balalaika’ (-15F)
‘Casanova’ (-25F)
Exbury/Knap Hill Az. (-25F)
‘Hindustan’ (-20F)
‘Hong Kong’ (-20F)
R. Luteum (-15F)
‘Mary Fleming’ (-15F)
‘Sunstruck’ (-15F)
‘Tow Head’ (-15F)

 

Pink

‘Aglo’ (-25F)
‘April Rose’ (-25F)
‘Brown Eyes’ (-15F)
‘Cynthia’ (-15F)
‘Hallelujah’ (-15F)
‘Hellikki’ (-35F)
‘Janet Blair’ (-15F)
‘Manitau’ (-25F)
‘Mary Fleming’ (-15F)
‘Maximum Roseum’ (-25F)
‘Mrs. Furnivall’ (-15F)
‘Noble Mountain’ (-25F)
‘Party Pink’ (-20F)
‘Pink Cameo’ (-20F)
‘Scintillation’ (-15F)
‘Siesta’ (-15F)
‘Yaku Princess" (-15F)

White

‘April Gem’ (-25F)
‘April White’ (-25F)
‘Boule de Neige’ (-25F)
‘Catawbiense Album’ (-25F)
‘Cunningham’s Blush’ (-15F)
‘Dolly Madison’ (-20F)
‘Double Dip’ (-25F)
‘Gomer Waterer’ (-15F)
‘Mardi Gras’ (-15F)
‘Minas Snow’ (-15F)
‘Mrs. T. H. Lowinsky’ (-15F)
‘Sappho’ (-15F)

Blue/Purple

‘Anah Kruschke’ (-15F)
‘Black Satin’ (-20F)
‘Blue Peter’ (-15F)
‘Connecticut Yankee’ (-5F)
‘Crete’ (-15F)
‘Daphnoides’ (-15F)
‘Dorothy Amateis’ (-15F)
‘English Roseum’ (-25F)
‘Fastuosum Flore Pleno’ (-5F)
‘Frank Galsworthy’ (-15F)
R. impeditum (-15F)
‘Irresistible Impulse’ (-15F)
‘Lee’s Dark Purple’ (-15F)
‘Lightly Lavender’ (-15F)
‘Minnetonka’ (-25F)
‘Mother Greer’ (-15F)
‘Olin o. Dobbs’ (-15F)
‘Peter Alan’ (-15F)
‘PJM’ (-25F)
‘Purple Gem’ (-25F)
‘Ramapo’ (-25F)
‘Royal Purple’ (-15F)
R. russatum (-15F)
‘Wojnar’s Purple’ (-20F)

 

HEAT TOLERANT RHODODENDRON
(Tolerant of warm climates, but not necessarily sun-tolerant.)

Red

‘Jean Marie de Montague’
‘Nova Zembia’
‘Trilby’
‘Vulcan’s Flame’

Pink

‘Anna Rose Whitney’
‘Cynthia’
‘Hallelujah’
‘Hardijzer’s Beauty’
‘Isabel Pierce’
‘Myrtifolium’
'Pepperment Twist'
‘Platinum Pearl’
'Very Berry'

 Blue/Purple

‘A. Bedford
‘Blue Peter’
'Daphnoides’
‘Dorothy Amateis’
‘Fastuosum Flore Pleno’
‘Firewire’
R. hippophaeoides
‘PJM’
‘Purple Splendor’
‘Red Eye		 Yellow/Orange/Peach

Deciduous azaleas
‘Old Copper’

White
‘Boule de Neige’
‘Chinoides’
‘Cunningham’s Blush’
‘Cunningham’s White’
‘Dora Amateis’
‘Gomer Waterer

 

 SUN TOLERANT RHODODENDRONS
In northern climates most Rhododendrons grow well in sun.

Red

‘Halfdan Lem’
‘Jean Marie de Montague’
‘Nova Zembla’
‘Scarlet Wonder’
‘Trilby’
‘Vulcan’s Flame’

Pink

‘Alice’
‘Cheer’
‘Christmas Cheer’
‘Hallelujah’
‘Hardizer’s Beauty’
‘Mrs. Charles Pearson’
‘Myrtifolium’
‘Ria Hardijzer’
‘Rocket’

Blue/Purple

‘A. Bedford’
‘Blue Diamond’
‘Blue Peter’
‘Crater Lake’
‘Daphnoides’
‘Fastuosum Flore Pleno’
R. impeditum
‘oceanlake’
‘PJM’
‘Ramapo’
‘Royal Purple’

 

Yellow/orange/Peach

‘Cream Crest’
R. lutescens

White

‘Boule de Neige’
‘Choinoides’
‘Cunningham’s Blush’
‘Cunningham’s White’
‘Dora Amateis’
‘Gomer Waterer’
‘Mrs. T. H. Lowinsky’

 

  

SHADE TOLERANT PLANTS
In very dense shade few Rhododendrons will bloom. The hotter the climate, the more shade they need.

Red

‘Black Magic’
‘Elizabeth Hobbie’
‘Halfdan Lem’
‘Jean Marie de Montague’
‘Markeeta’s Prize’
‘Noyo Chief’
‘President Roosevelt’
‘Scarlet Wonder’
‘Vulcan’s Flame’

 

Pink

‘Bow Bells’
‘Celebrity’
‘Christmas Cheer’
‘Cilipenense’
‘Hallelujah’
‘Kimberly’
‘Kimbeth’
‘Mrs. Furnivall’
‘Trude Webster’
‘Van’

Purple

‘Daphnoides’
'Purple Splendour’

Yellow/Cream

‘Buttermint’
‘Unique’

White/Blush

‘Gomer Waterer’
‘Loderi’ selections
‘Snow Lady’
R. degronianum ssp. yakushimanum

EARLY BLOOMING RHODODENDRONS

Red

‘Etta Burrows’ (E)
‘Lee’s Scarlet’ (VE)
‘Maxine Childers’ (E)
‘Peter Faulk’ (E)
‘Sea-Tac’ (E-EM)

Pink

‘Christmas Cheer’ (E)‘Cilipense’ (E)
‘Edith Boulter’ (E)
‘Harry Carter’ (E)
‘Lois’ (E)
‘Pink Snowflakes’ (E)‘Rosamundi’ (VE-E)

 

 Blue/Purple

‘Blaney’s Blue’(E)
‘PJM" (E)
‘Saphire’(EM)
‘Vibrant Violet’(E)

White

‘Dora Amaetis’ (E)
‘Lucy Lou’ (E)
‘Ptarmigan’
‘Snow Lady’ (E)

 

 

  

LATE BLOOMING RHODODENDRONS

Red

‘Good News’ (VL)
‘Robert Louis Stevenson’ (L)
 

Pink

‘Alladin’ (L)
‘John Coutts’ (L)
‘Minas Maid’ (M-ML)
‘Myrtifolium’ (L)
‘Trinidad’ (L)

 Blue/Purple

‘Anah Kruschke’ (ML-L)
‘Connecticut Yankee’ (L)‘Jonathan Shaw’ (L)
‘Plum Beautiful’ (ML-L)‘Windsor Lad’ (L)

 

 Yellow/Orange/Peach

‘Bergie Larson’ (L)‘Cupcake’ (M-ML)
‘Old Copper’ (L)
‘Sonata’ (L)
‘Springfield’ (L)
‘Whitney’s Orange’ (L-VL)

White

‘Albatross’ (L)
‘Angelo’ (L)‘Mrs. T. H. Lowinsky’ (L)

LOW-GROWING RHODODENDRONS
Numbers in parentheses indicate height in 10 years.

Red

‘Baden Baden’ (24")
‘Robert Louis Stevenson’(24")
‘Rosy Dream’ (36")
‘Ruby Hart’ (24")
‘Scarlet Wonder’ (24")

Pink

‘Brickdust’ (30")
‘Ginny Gee’ (24")
R.. kiusianum (18")
‘Lois’ (18")
‘Mardi Gras’ (30")
‘Molly Ann’ (24")
‘Noyo Brave’ (30")
‘Pink Snowflakes’ (24")
R. pemakoense (12")R. williamsianum (24")

 Blue/Purple

R. impeditum (12")
‘Mother Greer’ (18")
‘Oceanlake’ (30")
R. russatum (30")

Yellow/Orange/Peach

‘Chikor’ (18")
‘Curlew’ (24")
‘Patty Bee’ (18")
‘Princess Anne’ (24")

White

‘Arctic Tern’ (36")
‘Egret’ (24")
R. kiusianum white (18")

    

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