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Argenteovariegata buckthorn is an evergreen, fast-growing shrub with reliably variegated leaves. They are oval to ovate, alternate, dark green with silver-grey spots and distinct creamy white edges. They are small, only about 3-4 cm long, and densely arranged around the deep mahogany-red branches. I ...
3 - 5m
2 - 3m
full sun
6b (down to -21°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Best Dane is a rhododendron variety from the Dane series developed by Svend Hansen from Denmark. It is a seedling selection of wild growing r. yakushimanum and is very similar to the famous Koichiro Wada variety, compared to which it has larger leaves and flowers. Its evergreen leaves are elongated, ...
V - VI
0,6 - 0,8m
1 - 1,5m
full to partial sun
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Carolina Spring is an awesome rhododendron variety from the USA. It has deep green, glossy leaves with rich cream to light yellow variegation which may take up 30-50% of adult leaves and even more on young ones. Moreover, the leaf margins are curved down. They cover the plant completely making a hea ...
V - VI
1 - 1,5m
1,3 - 2m
semi-shade to shade
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Rhododendrons with dark flowers are still among the most popular varieties among these evergreen shrubs. No wonder breeders keep coming up with new, improved cultivars like this one called Dramatic Dark®. It looks like enhanced Azzuro variety - large, wide-open flowers of deep purple-violet col ...
V - VI
0,8 - 1,3m
1,3 - 1,8m
full to partial sun
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Edith Hachmann is the wife of Hans Hachmann (1930-2004), a prominent German breeder, whose son Holger took over the mantle at a young age and continues the breeding of rhododendrons. On his mother's 90th birthday, he decided to name his newest beautiful creation with splendidly red flowers in her h ...
V
1,5 - 2m
1,5 - 2,5m
full to partial sun
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Harold E. Greer is an American breeder and writer from Oregon, USA, who bred over 50 rhododendron varieties and wrote many books about them. Extraordinaire is one of the most important varieties with extra large flowers. They are 10 cm across, rich pink above and beige in the centre as they open to ...
V
1,5 - 2m
1,5 - 2,5m
semi-shade to shade
6b (down to -21°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Hachmann's Picobello® is a proof that it is worth waiting for the best result of the many crossings a breeder has to make in order to have enough material to select new plants from. This gorgeous rhododendron makes outstanding, large flowers which are open wide, pure white with a deep garnet re ...
V - VI
1 - 1,5m
1,3 - 1,5m
full sun to shade
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
This rhododendron is currently the flag ship of Hachmann’s nurseries in Germany. It was bred and introduced by Holger Hachmann in 2009, and named after his late father Hans Hachmann (†2004). It bears uniquely coloured flowers with almost white centres, deep violet purple margins, and vel ...
V - V
1 - 1,8m
1,5 - 2m
semi-shade / partial sun
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Minas Snow is an excellent white flowering rhododendron variety from Canada from 1966. It makes pure white, gently frilled flowers with inconspicuous pale beige stigma in the throat. Being crossed with a yaku-hybrid it has very handsome leaves, and exhibits a more compact growth than its other paren ...
V - VI
1 - 1,5m
1,3 - 1,8m
full to partial sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Olin O.Dobbs is a rhododendron variety named after its breeder, and I looked everywhere but could not find a single other rhododendron this American citizen hybridized. Could it be a one-hit-wonder? Still, it is a beautiful piece with large, dark purple red flowers decorated with a deep red, almost ...
V - VI
1 - 2m
1 - 2m
semi-shade to shade
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Have you had a penguin in your garden yet? Well, here’s your chance to get one. This rhododendron is called Pinguin not just because it can take the cold but because of its beautifully contrasting flowers. They are only very light violet with conspicuous deep burgundy red, almost black blotch. ...
V - VI
1 - 1,5m
1 - 1,5m
semi-shade to shade
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Queen Bee, sometimes also called Berg's Queen Bee after its breeder Warren Berg, is a rhododendron hybrid, a cross between the Japanese species r. yakushimanum and the Indian species r. tsariense. Due to its latter parent it belongs to the sub-section lanata (wooly), which includes species and varie ...
IV - V
0,8 - 1,3m
1 - 1,5m
full to partial sun
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Robert Seleger is a unique rhododendron variety. It was bred by Dietrich G. Hobbie from German nursery town Westerstede in 1960. It is a hybrid where only one parent is known: rhododendron calostrotum ssp. keleticum, nevertheless, the result is fascinating. Mounding habit, slow growth, neat and comp ...
V - V
0,2 - 0,4m
0,5 - 1m
full sun to shade
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Tortoiseshell Orange is an awesome rhododendron hybrid from 1954. It combines soft golden yellow and pale salmon pink shades resulting in a beautiful pastel orange colour. Freshly opened flowers and in morning light they appear more pink, mature ones and in afternoon sun they turn more orange. They ...
VI - VI
1 - 2m
1 - 2m
full to partial sun
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
This is a lovely varigated form of a ponticum rhododendron. It is mostly grown for its spectacular foliage that is richly varigated with white. Flowers are pale lilac-purple and come out late in the season (early June). Not suitable for frost pockets and dislikes direct winter sun.
For richer flowe ...
V - VI
1,3 - 1,8m
1,5 - 2,5m
semi-shade to shade
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Scarlet Wonder is one of those rhododendrons that cannot be overlooked in spring. Its flowers display an exceptionally intense, almost neon‑bright cardinal red, which after opening quite literally lights up the garden and draws attention from many metres away. The blooms are bell‑shaped ...
IV - V
0,5 - 1m
0,5 - 1,5m
full sun to shade
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Shamrock is a dwarf variety of rhododendron with loads of small, yellow-green flowers, and small leaves. It is sun and drought tolerant which makes it suitable for rockeries. Very hardy.
For richer flowering and growth dead-head where possible. Rhododendrons are low-maintenance shrubs that will per ...
IV - V
0,3 - 0,6m
full to partial sun
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Snipe is an attractive dwarf rhododendron raised as a hybrid of R. pemakoense and R. davidsonianum, introduced in 1975 by the British breeder Peter A. Cox (b. 1938), the author of more than thirty cultivars. It flowers in the first half of April, producing strikingly large blooms in soft lilac to pa ...
IV - V
0,3 - 0,5m
0,5 - 1m
full sun to shade
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Beautiful golden yellow colour in a very warm shade is the main feature of this Holger Hachmann rhododendron breeding. Quite similar to an old Nancy Evans variety Golden Everest® bears narrowly funnel-shaped flowers unfolding from scarlet red buds. It flowers possibly longest of most rhododendr ...
V - VI
0,8 - 1,3m
0,8 - 1,3m
full to partial sun
6b (down to -21°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Dreamland rhododendron belongs to the yakushimanum hybrid group and offers delicate yet strikingly showy flowers with an almost orchid‑like appearance. The blooms open pale pink and mature to porcelain white, with the most attractive stage being the coexistence of both colours on a single plan ...
V
0,8 - 1m
1 - 1,5m
full to partial sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Do you like warm colours on rhododendrons? Well, hear this Lullaby, or rather look at its beautiful flowers. They are bell-shaped, rich salmon pink near margins and golden yellow in the throat, opening from salmon orange buds in May. Evergrenn leaves are shortly ovate, leathery, partly glossy, and h ...
V
0,8 - 1m
0,8 - 1m
full to partial sun
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Impeditum is a dwarf, mounding rhododendron species from China. This evergreen shrub has small, elliptic, blue-green leaves and small lilac-violet flowers in mid spring. Once in full bloom the shrub is totally covered with flowers for 2-3 weeks. It often makes some flowers in early autumn. It grows ...
IV - V
0,2 - 0,4m
0,5 - 1,3m
full to partial sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Keleticum is a sought-after species of dwarf rhododendron from Tibet and SW China. It has deep lilac-pink to bright purple, small flowers on long-ish stalks, and 5-10 mm long, dark green, glossy leaves. It belongs to dwarf, prostrate growing rhododendrons forming cushion-like groundcovers. They are ...
V - VI
0,2 - 0,3m
0,5 - 0,8m
full sun to shade
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Makiyak is a Makino rhododendron that offers broadly bell-shaped flowers, which open from deep pink buds to light pink, almost white flowers. It starts blooming in the second half of May and, among other varieties of this special species, is popular for its abundant flowering, which is not always a ...
V - VI
0,5 - 1,3m
1 - 1,5m
full to partial sun
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Rosa Perle is a true jewel. Yet before the flowers come out it strikes you with its unusual, highly decorative foliage. Its leaves are deep green, very narrow, up to 17 cm long an unlike other makinoi species they are flat. They are covered with silvery tomentum as they emerge, and have thick, wooly ...
V - V
0,5 - 1,3m
1 - 1,8m
full to partial sun
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Schönbrunn is a unique and beautiful semi-deciduous azalea. The flower petals are extremely narrow just like its linear, ribbon-like leaves. They are mid green, matte, and remain evergreen through mild winters. After cold winters they dry out and are replaced with new foliage after flowering. Annual ...
IV - V
0,5 - 1m
0,8 - 1,5m
semi-shade / partial sun
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
From Bailey Nurseries, USA, which also gave birth to hardy hydrangea Endless Summer®, comes a new plant, a special variety of sumac. Within a short time it has become a popular novelty among growers and gardeners around the world.
Tiger Eyes® is a cut-leaf form of sumac. Its pinnate, fern-like le ...
1 - 4m
1 - 2m
full sun
3 (down to -40°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
EDEN ROSE® is one of the most popular rose varieties around the world. It was bred by Jacques Mouchotte from Meilland in France and introduced in 1985. It became a bestseller overnight. Originally it was named PIERRE DE RONSARD® after a French poet from the 16th century and poetry is what ...
VI - X
1 - 3,5m
0,4 - 1m
full sun
5b (down to -27°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
