The following is a list of rhododendron cultivars and species which have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. They are mostly hardy evergreen shrubs with abundant, brilliantly-coloured, trumpet-shaped flowers, often in large spherical trusses. The group known as azaleas are often (but not always) more compact with smaller flowers and leaves, and may be evergreen ( subgenus Tsutsuji) or deciduous (subgenus Pentanthera). Most rhododendrons bloom for a short period in late spring (April to May in the temperate Northern Hemisphere). They are seen at their best in a woodland setting with light dappled shade, in humus-rich acid soil. [1]
Maximum dimensions are shown in metres.
name | species | type | colour | Height | Spread |
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R. arborescens [2] | white/pink | 4.0 | 4.0 | ||
R. bureavii [3] | pink/white | 2.5 | 2.5 | ||
R. calophytum [4] | pink (pale) | 8.0 | 8.0 | ||
R. davidsonianum [5] | pink (pale) | 4.0 | 2.5 | ||
R. decorum [6] | white | 8.0 | 2.5 | ||
R. falconeri [7] | white | 12.0 | 4.0 | ||
R. fulvum [8] | pink | 4.0 | 4.0 | ||
R. luteum [9] | deciduous azalea | yellow | 4.0 | 4.0 | |
R. macabeanum [10] | yellow | 12.0 | 12.0 | ||
R. makinoi [11] | pink | 2.5 | 2.5 | ||
R. orbiculare [12] | pink (rose) | 2.5 | 2.5 | ||
R. pachysanthum [13] | pink (pale) | 1.5 | 2.5 | ||
R. pseudochrysanthum [14] | pink (pale) | 2.5 | 2.5 | ||
R. racemosum [15] | white/pink | 2.5 | 2.5 | ||
R. rex [16] | white (cream) | 12.0 | 8.0 | ||
R. rex subsp. fictolacteum [17] | white (cream) | 12.0 | 8.0 | ||
R. rex subsp. rex [18] | white or pink | 12.0 | 8.0 | ||
R. sinogrande [19] | yellow | 12.0 | 8.0 | ||
R. viscosum [20] | white/pink | 2.5 | 2.5 | ||
R. williamsianum [21] | pink (rose) | 1.5 | 1.5 | ||
'Albert Schweitzer' [22] | pink (pale) | 4.0 | 2.5 | ||
'Alexander' [23] | evergreen azalea | orange | 0.5 | 0.5 | |
'Alice' [24] | rose pink | 2.5 | 2.5 | ||
'Bashful' [25] | pink (pale) | 1.5 | 1.5 | ||
'Berryrose' [26] | deciduous azalea | salmon pink | 2.5 | 1.5 | |
'Blaauw's Pink' [27] | evergreen azalea | salmon pink | 1.0 | 1.0 | |
'Blewbury' [28] | white | 1.5 | 1.5 | ||
'Blue Danube' [29] | evergreen azalea | blue (violet) | 2.5 | 1.5 | |
'Blue Peter' [30] | blue (violet) | 2.5 | 2.5 | ||
'Bouquet de Flore' [31] | deciduous azalea | pink/yellow | 2.5 | 1.5 | |
'Canzonetta' [32] | evergreen azalea | rose pink | 1.0 | 1.0 | |
'Cecile' [33] | deciduous azalea | salmon pink/yellow | 2.5 | 2.5 | |
'Chinese Silver' [34] | R. argyrophyllum subsp. nankingense | pink | 4.0 | 2.5 | |
'Cilpinense' [35] | pink (pale) | 1.1 | 1.1 | ||
'Cornell Pink' [36] | R. mucronulatum | deciduous | pink (pale) | 2.5 | 1.5 |
'Crane' [37] | white | 1.0 | 1.0 | ||
'Crest' [38] | yellow (pale) | 4.0 | 4.0 | ||
'Curlew' [39] | yellow (pale) | 0.5 | 0.5 | ||
'Cynthia' [40] | rose-pink | 8.0 | 8.0 | ||
'Daviesii' [41] | deciduous azalea | white/yellow | 1.5 | 1.5 | |
'Dopey' [42] | red (crimson) | 2.5 | 2.5 | ||
'Dora Amateis' [43] | white | 1.0 | 1.0 | ||
'Dreamland' [44] | pink (pale) | 1.5 | 1.0 | ||
'Egret' [45] | white | 0.5 | 1.0 | ||
'Elisabeth Hobbie' [46] | red (crimson) | 0.8 | 0.8 | ||
'Elsie Lee' [47] | purple | 1.0 | 1.0 | ||
'Fabia' [48] | orange/pink | 2.5 | 2.5 | ||
'Faggeter's Favourite' [49] | white/pink | 2.5 | 2.5 | ||
'Fantastica' [50] | red/white | 1.0 | 1.0 | ||
'Fastuosum Flore Pleno' [51] | blue | 4.0 | 4.0 | ||
'Fireball' [52] | deciduous azalea | red (scarlet) | 2.5 | 2.5 | |
'Furnivall's Daughter' [53] | pink/maroon | 4.0 | 4.0 | ||
'Gartendirektor Rieger' [54] | pink (pale) | 1.5 | 1.5 | ||
'Gibraltar' [55] | deciduous azalea | yellow/red | 1.5 | 1.5 | |
'Ginny Gee' [56] | pink (pale) | 0.5 | 1.0 | ||
'Golden Torch' [57] | yellow (pale) | 1.5 | 1.5 | ||
'Goldkrone' [58] | yellow | 1.5 | 1.5 | ||
'Gomer Waterer' [59] | pink/yellow | 2.5 | 2.5 | ||
'Gristede' [60] | blue | 1.0 | 1.0 | ||
'Hachmann's Marlis' [61] | pink (rose) | 1.5 | 1.5 | ||
'Hachmann's Polaris' [62] | pink (purple) | 1.5 | 1.5 | ||
'Hachmann's Porzellan' [63] | white/yellow/green | 1.5 | 1.5 | ||
'Hino-crimson' [64] | evergreen azalea | crimson | 0.5 | 0.5 | |
'Hinomayo' [65] | pink (pale) | 1.0 | 1.0 | ||
'Homebush' [66] | deciduous azalea | pink | 1.5 | 1.5 | |
'Hotspur Red' [67] | deciduous azalea | red (scarlet) | 1.5 | 1.5 | |
'Hydon Dawn' [68] | pink (pale) | 1.5 | 1.5 | ||
'Hydon Hunter' [69] | pink (rose) | 1.5 | 1.5 | ||
'Johanna' [70] | evergreen azalea | red (carmine) | 1.0 | 1.0 | |
'Kate Waterer' [71] | pink (rose) | 2.5 | 2.5 | ||
'Klondyke' [72] | deciduous azalea | orange/yellow | 2.5 | 2.5 | |
'Kluis Sensation' [73] | red (scarlet) | 2.5 | 2.5 | ||
'Koichiro Wada' [74] | R. yakushimanum | pink/white | 1.5 | 1.5 | |
'Lady Clementine Mitford' [75] | pink (peach) | 2.5 | 2.5 | ||
'Lavender Girl' [76] | pink (mauve) | 2.5 | 2.5 | ||
'Lem's Cameo' [77] | pink/red | 2.5 | 2.5 | ||
'Lem's Monarch' [78] | pink/white | 2.5 | 2.5 | ||
'Loderi King George' [79] | pink (pale) | 4.0 | 4.0 | ||
'Loderi Pink Diamond' [80] | pink (pale) | 4.0 | 4.0 | ||
'Loder's White' [81] | white | 2.5 | 2.5 | ||
'Lord Roberts' [82] | red (crimson) | 2.5 | 2.5 | ||
'Markeeta's Prize' [83] | red (scarlet) | 2.5 | 2.5 | ||
'Merganser' [84] | yellow (primrose) | 1.0 | 1.0 | ||
'Mid-winter' [85] | R. dauricum | purple | 1.5 | 1.5 | |
'Moerheim' [86] | blue (violet) | 1.0 | 1.0 | ||
'Mother's Day' [87] | evergreen azalea | red (crimson) | 0.7 | 0.7 | |
'Mrs A.T. de la Mare' [88] | white | 2.5 | 2.5 | ||
'Mrs Charles E. Pearson' [89] | pink (pale) | 4.0 | 2.5 | ||
'Mrs Furnivall' [90] | pink (rose) | 2.5 | 2.5 | ||
'Mrs T.H. Lowinsky' [91] | white/orange | 2.5 | 2.5 | ||
'Myrtilloides Group' [92] | R. campylogynum | lavender pink | 0.5 | 0.5 | |
'Nancy Evans' [93] | yellow | 1.5 | 1.5 | ||
'Nancy Waterer' [94] | yellow | 2.5 | 2.5 | ||
'Narcissiflorum' [95] | deciduous azalea | yellow | 2.5 | 2.5 | |
'Niagara' [96] | evergreen azalea | white | 0.6 | 0.6 | |
'Olga' [97] | yellow/pink | 1.5 | 1.5 | ||
'Openwood' [98] | R. yunnanense | semi-evergreen | pink (pale) | 8.0 | 4.0 |
'Palestrina' [99] | evergreen azalea | white | 1.5 | 1.0 | |
'Panda' [100] | yellow/pink | 1.5 | 1.5 | ||
'Patty Bee' [101] | yellow (pale) | 1.0 | 1.0 | ||
'Penheale Blue' [102] | yellow (pale) | 1.0 | 1.0 | ||
'Percy Wiseman' [103] | white (cream) | 2.5 | 2.5 | ||
'Persil' [104] | deciduous azalea | white/yellow | 2.5 | 1.5 | |
'Pink Cherub' [105] | pink | 1.5 | 1.5 | ||
'Pink Pancake' [106] | pink (salmon) | 0.5 | 1.5 | ||
'Praecox' [107] | pink (rose) | 1.5 | 1.5 | ||
'Princess Anne' [108] | yellow (pale) | 1.0 | 1.0 | ||
'Ptarmigan' [109] | white | 0.9 | 0.9 | ||
'Ramapo' [110] | purple (violet) | 1.0 | 1.0 | ||
'Razorbill' [111] | pink (rose) | 1.5 | 1.5 | ||
'Renoir' [112] | pink (rose) | 1.5 | 1.5 | ||
'Rock Rose' [113] | R. racemosum | pink | 1.5 | 1.5 | |
'Rosata' [114] | deciduous azalea | pink (rose) | 4.0 | 2.5 | |
'Saint Merryn' [115] | blue (violet) | 4.0 | 2.5 | ||
'Satan' [116] | red (scarlet) | 2.5 | 2.5 | ||
'Scarlet Wonder' [117] | red (scarlet) | 1.5 | 1.5 | ||
'Silver Slipper' [118] | white/yellow | 2.5 | 2.5 | ||
'Squirrel' [119] | evergreen azalea | orange | 1.0 | 1.0 | |
'Strawberry Ice' [120] | deciduous azalea | pink/orange | 2.5 | 2.5 | |
'The Honourable Jean Marie de Montague' [121] | red (crimson) | 2.5 | 2.5 | ||
'Tidbit' [122] | yellow (cream) | 1.0 | 1.5 | ||
'Tortoiseshell Wonder' [123] | salmon pink | 2.5 | 2.5 | ||
'Vintage Rosé' [124] | pink (rose) | 1.0 | 1.0 | ||
'Vulcan' [125] | red (scarlet) | 1.5 | 1.5 | ||
'Vuyk's Rosyred' [126] | pink (rose) | 1.0 | 1.5 | ||
'Vuyk's Scarlet' [127] | red (scarlet) | 1.0 | 1.5 | ||
'Wee Bee' [128] | pink/red | 0.5 | 1.0 | ||
'White Lights' [129] | white | 1.5 | 1.5 | ||
'Yaku Fairy' [130] | R. keiskei var. ozawae | yellow (lemon) | 0.5 | 1.0 |