Species
The species of the genus Rhododendron, which is part of the Ericaceae family. Depending on the source,
there are over 1,000 wild species.
The majority being native to the eastern Himalaya and southeast Tibet, along with the islands of Java, Sumatra, Borneo,
New Guinea, and the Philippines. The rest are broadly spread throughout the northern hemisphere in relatively
small isolated populations, including Japan, northwestern North America, the Appalachian, and the Caucasus Mountains.
Rhododendron has eight traditionally accepted subgenera which include Azaleastrum; Candidastrum; Hymenanthes;
Mumeazalea; Pentanthera; Rhododendron; Therorhodion; Tsutsusi. The 2 subgenera are generally known as 'Azaleas' are:
Pentanthera, which comprises the deciduous azaleas, and Tsutsusi, which includes evergreen azaleas
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Rhododendron irroratum 32931
Erect habit, dark green leaves, paler below . Ivory white flowers with heavily purple spotted petals..
Rhododendron irroratum BM
Erect habit, dark green leaves, paler below . Ivory white flowers with heavily purple spotted petals..
Rhododendron irroratum Pale Pink form
Erect habit, dark green leaves, paler below . Pink flowers lightly spotted .Flower Colour: Pale pink..
Rhododendron irroratum Polka Dot
Erect habit, dark green leaves, paler below . White flowers suffused pink and heavily spotted deep p..
Rhododendron irroratum seedling
Erect habit, dark green leaves, paler below .white, or pink/mauve flowers with spotted petals.Flower..
Rhododendron irroratum ssp irroratum Ningyuenense Group C&H7100 (Nym)
Erect habit, dark green leaves, paler below . Cream / pale yellow flowers with purple spotted petals..
Rhododendron irroratum ssp yiliangense EGM 339
cream or pale yellow flowers, sometimes heavily spotted crimsonFlower Colour: cream or pale yellowFl..
Rhododendron irroratum ssp.pogonostylum
Small tree. Tubular-campanulate, pink,Flower Colour: PinkFlowering Time: February-March Scented: N..
Rhododendron irroratum ssp.pogonostylum Wild Collected
Small tree . Tubular-campanulate, pink, spotted dark redFlower Colour: Pink, spotted dark redFloweri..
Rhododendron irroratum White form
Erect habit, dark green leaves, paler below . Cream flowers lightly spottedFlower Colour: Creamy, li..
Rhododendron japonicum var kyomaruense
Hardy rounded open habit. Gloosy dark green leaves, grey indumentum below. Loose trusses of pale pin..
Rhododendron japonicum var pentamerum
Very hardy and compact. Long shiny green leaves , with a fawn , felt-like indumentum.Pale pink flowe..
Rhododendron japonicum var pentamerum
Hardy rounded open habit. Gloosy dark green leaves, grey indumentum below. Loose trusses of pale pin..
Rhododendron japonicum var pentamerum Blush Pink
Hardy rounded open habit. Gloosy dark green leaves, grey indumentum below. Loose trusses of pale pin..
Rhododendron japonicum var pentamerum Gerald Loder
Very hardy and compact. Long shiny green leaves , with a fawn , feltlike indumentum.White flowers sh..
Rhododendron japonicum var pentamerum Ho Emma
White flushed light purple. Hardy rounded open habit. Gloosy dark green leaves, grey indumentum belo..
Rhododendron japonicum var pentamerum Mt Kurodake
Hardy rounded open habit. Gloosy dark green leaves, grey indumentum below. Loose trusses of pale pin..
Rhododendron japonicum var pentamerum spontanaeum
Ealy flowing Very hardy and compact. Long shiny green leaves , with a fawn , felt-like indumentum.Pa..
Rhododendron jasminiflorum
Flower Colour: Flowering Time: Scented: Yes Ultimate Height : 1.00 metres / 3 feet 3 inchesParen..
Rhododendron javanicum
Flower Colour: Flowering Time: Scented: No Ultimate Height : 1.00 metres / 3 feet 3 inchesParent..
Rhododendron johnstoneanum
Spreading habit, bristly twigs, attractive reddish brown peeling bark. Dark green hairy leaves. Crea..
Rhododendron johnstoneanum Double Dimond
Flower Colour: Flowering Time: Scented: No Ultimate Height : 0.00 metres / 0 feet 0 inchesParent..
Rhododendron johnstoneanum KW7732
Spreading habit, bristly twigs, attractive reddish brown peeling bark. Dark green hairy leaves. Crea..
Rhododendron johnstoneanum rubrotinctum
Flower Colour: Flowering Time: Scented: No Ultimate Height : 0.00 metres / 0 feet 0 inchesParent..
Rhododendron kasoense
Flower Colour: YellowFlowering Time: Autumn (!) Scented: No Ultimate Height : 0.00 metres / 0 fee..
Rhododendron keiskei
Long broadly funnel shaped, pale to lemon yellowFlower Colour: Pale to lemon yellowFlowering Time: M..
Rhododendron keiskei compactum
Long broadly funnel shaped, pale to lemon yellowFlower Colour: Pale to lemon yellowFlowering Time: M..
Rhododendron keiskei cordifolium
Upright habit, narrow pale blue green leaves.Unusual very narrow tubular flowers of an attractive or..
Rhododendron keleticum
Flower Colour: Flowering Time: Scented: No Ultimate Height : 0.00 metres / 0 feet 0 inchesParent..
Rhododendron kendrickii
Tubular-campanulate, pink, scarlet or crimsom, with deep crimson spotsFlower Colour: Flowering Time:..
Rhododendron kesangiae
Distinctive round buds and rugose foliage with white to buff indumentum below. Large trusses of sple..
Rhododendron kesangiae (from wild collected seed)
Distinctive round buds and rugose foliage with white to buff indumentum below. Large trusses of sple..
Rhododendron kesselringii
Flower Colour: Flowering Time: Scented: No Ultimate Height : 0.00 metres / 0 feet 0 inchesParent..
Rhododendron keysii
Upright habit, narrow pale blue green leaves.Unusual very narrow tubular flowers of an attractive or..
Rhododendron keysii Compacta
Upright habit, narrow pale blue green leaves.Unusual very narrow tubular flowers of an attractive or..
Rhododendron keysii KR973
Upright habit, narrow pale blue green leaves.Unusual very narrow tubular flowers of an attractive or..
Rhododendron keysii KW3401
Upright habit, narrow pale blue green leaves.Unusual very narrow tubular flowers of an attractive or..
Rhododendron keysii Uncolour
Upright habit, narrow pale blue green leaves.Unusual very narrow tubular flowers of an attractive or..
Rhododendron kingianum
arboreum ssp.zeylanicumFlower Colour: Flowering Time: Scented: No Ultimate Height : 0.00 metres ..
Rhododendron klossii (moulmainense) CWT6394
(11392)Flower Colour: Flowering Time: Scented: No Ultimate Height : 0.00 metres / 0 feet 0 inche..
Rhododendron kongboense
Deep colour stawberry red flowers on a strong aromatic foliage of a pungent, stawberry odourFlower C..
Rhododendron kuluense
Flower Colour: Flowering Time: Scented: No Ultimate Height : 0.00 metres / 0 feet 0 inchesParent..
Rhododendron kyawii
Tree like. Long leaves with a reddish brown indumentum above and below, later revealing a bright gre..
Rhododendron kyawii Agapetum Group
Tree like. Long leaves with a reddish brown indumentum above and below, later revealing a bright gre..
Rhododendron lacteum
Beautiful upright species. Dark green rounded leaveswith sparse brown indumentum below. Does best in..
Rhododendron lacteum FCC1926
Beautiful upright species. Dark green rounded leaveswith sparse brown indumentum below. Does best in..
Rhododendron lacteum SBEC235
Beautiful upright species. Dark green rounded leaveswith sparse brown indumentum below. Does best in..
Rhododendron lanatum
Bushy shrub. Dark green leaves, covered when young with a reddish indumentum,rust coloured below. su..
Rhododendron lanatum Cooper2148
Bushy shrub. Dark green leaves, covered with a pink fawn indumentum above and below. sulphur yellow ..
Rhododendron lanatum seedling
Flower Colour: Flowering Time: Scented: No Ultimate Height : 0.00 metres / 0 feet 0 inchesParent..
Rhododendron lanatum syn. flinckii C&S1647
Bushy shrub. Dark green leaves, covered when young with a reddish indumentum, rust coloured below; s..
Rhododendron lanatum syn. flinckii Queen Alexander
Bushy shrub. Dark green leaves, covered when young with a reddish indumentum,rust coloured below. su..
Rhododendron lanatum syn. flinckii Wild Collected
Bushy shrub. Dark green leaves, covered when young with a reddish indumentum,rust coloured below. su..
Rhododendron lanigerum
Very fine tree like species. Long dark green leaves covered below with a woolly indumentum, which ch..
Rhododendron lanigerum
Flower Colour: Flowering Time: Scented: No Ultimate Height : 0.00 metres / 0 feet 0 inchesParent..
Rhododendron lanigerum Chapel Wood
Very fine tree like species. Long dark green leaves covered below with a woolly indumentum, which ch..
Rhododendron lanigerum Pink
Very fine tree like species. Long dark green leaves covered below with a woolly indumentum, which ch..
Rhododendron lanigerum Red form
Very fine tree like species. Long dark green leaves covered below with a woolly indumentum, which ch..
Rhododendron lanigerum Round Wood
Very fine tree like species. Long dark green leaves covered below with a woolly indumentum, which ch..
Rhododendron latoucheae
Tall species with relatively small leaves and funnel-shaped, mauve-pink flowers. Scented. Some forms..
Rhododendron laudandum
Dwarf, prostrate shrub with tiny white flowers, from the mountain slopes of SE Tibet.Flower Colour: ..
Rhododendron laudandum var. temoense
Dwarf, prostrate shrub with tiny flowers, from the mountain slopes of SE Tibet. True form has white ..
Rhododendron leishanicum
Mauve-purpleFlower Colour: Mauve-purpleFlowering Time: May Scented: No Ultimate Height : 0.00 met..
Rhododendron lepidostylum
Compact dome shaped species. Silvery blue leaves, becoming blue green, Silvery hairs on the leaf mar..
Rhododendron lepidotum
Low compact habit, semi evergreen. Royal purple flowers on slender stems.Useful rock garden plant.Fl..
Rhododendron lepidotum Bailey 28
Low compact habit, semi evergreen. Royal purple flowers on slender stems. .Useful rock garden plant...
Rhododendron lepidotum Reuthe's Purple
Flower Colour: Flowering Time: Scented: No Ultimate Height : 0.00 metres / 0 feet 0 inchesParent..
Rhododendron leptocarpum C&H 420
Flower Colour: Flowering Time: Scented: No Ultimate Height : 0.00 metres / 0 feet 0 inchesParent..
Rhododendron leptothrium JN11077
Flower Colour: Flowering Time: Scented: No Ultimate Height : 0.00 metres / 0 feet 0 inchesParent..
Rhododendron leptothrium W.C.
Flower Colour: Flowering Time: Scented: No Ultimate Height : 0.00 metres / 0 feet 0 inchesParent..
Rhododendron leucaspis
Trusses of up to 3 saucer shape milky white flowers with chocolate-brown anthers. Densely branched d..
Rhododendron leucaspis KW 7171
In early spring , trusses of up to 3 saucer shape milky white flowers with chocolate-brown anthers. ..
Rhododendron lindleyi
Upright straggly habit. Leaves dark green, slightly wrinkled and recurved. Large tubular flowers, wh..
Rhododendron lindleyi (Baravalla)
Upright habit. Young leaves tinged red becoming dark green, slightly wrinkled and recurved. Large tu..
Rhododendron linearifolium
Spider Azalea.Flower Colour: Flowering Time: Scented: No Ultimate Height : 0.00 metres / 0 feet ..
Rhododendron litangense
Flower Colour: Flowering Time: Scented: No Ultimate Height : 0.00 metres / 0 feet 0 inchesParent..
Rhododendron litiense
Beautiful upright compact species, neat rounded leaves, large bluish green leaves, maroon young stem..
Rhododendron longesquamatum
Most unusual foliage plant, fairly compact. Stem and leaf stalks are covered with a thick orangey br..
Rhododendron longipes
Fine tall species, dark green narrow leaves, with a brown indumentum below. Pale pink to rose flower..
Rhododendron lopsangianum
Flower Colour: Flowering Time: Scented: No Ultimate Height : 0.00 metres / 0 feet 0 inchesParent..
Rhododendron ludwigianum
Straggly evergreen shrub. Rare. Spectacular white flowers, which may have a pink flush and/or yellow..
Rhododendron lukiangense
Upright habit with interesting purplish young roots.Waxy Dark green leaves, glossy and paler below, ..
Rhododendron lukiangense R 11275
Upright habit with interesting purplish young roots.Waxy Dark green leaves, glossy and paler below, ..
Rhododendron luteiflorum
Compact, erect, stiff shrub. Bark smooth, flaking; leaves very aromatic. Bright clear yellow flowers..
Rhododendron luteiflorum K.W.21040
Flower Colour: Flowering Time: Scented: No Ultimate Height : 0.00 metres / 0 feet 0 inchesParent..
Rhododendron lutescens
Lovely evergreen species having graceful bronzy red new foliage, which colour may last through the s..
Rhododendron lutescens Bagshot Sands AGM
Lovely species having graceful bronzy red new foliage, whicfh may last through the summer. Deep prim..
Rhododendron lutescens Pink
Lovely species having graceful bronzy red new foliage, whicfh may last through the summer. Light pin..
Rhododendron lyi 98576
Attractive upright shrub. Dark green narrow leaves, hairy when young. Scented white flowers with a g..
Rhododendron lyi aff. KR1929
Flower Colour: WhiteFlowering Time: Scented: Yes Ultimate Height : 1.00 metres / 3 feet 3 inches..
Rhododendron macabeanum
Very fine and hardy plant, forms a flat topped specimen. Dark green leaves , often 30x20cm, covered ..
Rhododendron macabeanum 568472
Very fine and hardy plant, forms a flat topped specimen. Dark green leaves , often 30x20cm, covered ..
Rhododendron macabeanum Bright Yellow
Very fine and hardy plant, forms a flat topped specimen. Dark green leaves , often 30x20cm, covered ..
Rhododendron macabeanum Creamy Yellow
Very fine and hardy plant, forms a flat topped specimen. Dark green leaves , often 30x20cm, covered ..
Rhododendron macabeanum Deep Cream
Very fine and hardy plant, forms a flat topped specimen. Dark green leaves, often 30x20cm, covered w..
Rhododendron macabeanum Embley form
Very fine and hardy plant, forms a flat topped specimen. Dark green leaves, often 30x20cm, covered w..
Rhododendron macabeanum KW7724
Very fine and hardy plant, forms a flat topped specimen. Dark green leaves , often 30x20cm, covered ..
Rhododendron macabeanum seedling
Very fine and hardy plant, forms a flat topped specimen. Dark green leaves ,often 30x20cm, covered w..
Rhododendron macabeanum Tower Court form
Flower Colour: YellowFlowering Time: Scented: No Ultimate Height : 3.00 metres / 9 feet 10 inche..
Rhododendron macrophyllum
Flower Colour: Flowering Time: Scented: No Ultimate Height : 0.00 metres / 0 feet 0 inchesParent..
