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Rhododendron » Rhododendron (elepidote - Large Leaved)
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Rhododendron (elepidote - Large Leaved)
"Big Leaf" rhododendrons. These are what most people first think of when they hear the word rhododendron. “Elepidote” literally means “without scales,” referring to a characteristic of the familiar large leaf rhododendrons. Foliage of this class of rhododendrons, although generally larger in size, can vary from about an inch long as in the species R. proteoides to as much as three feet long in the species R. sinogrande. Some have incredible fuzzy indumentum on the new growth and under the leaves, as on R. yakushimanum. The flowers can be almost any color. This group includes a very large number of hybrids. Our listing includes both species and hybrids.

RHODODENDRON 'Roseum Elegans'
(C8) An "Ironclad" that has proven itself under a variety of conditions from hot summer sun to sub-zero winters. The rosy-lilac flowers fade to a light lilac pink. An excellent plant, compact in habit. more info

RHODODENDRON 'Roslyn'
(C8) It has ruffled flowers of a light blue-violet color on a plant with a good, compact, sturdy constitution. more info

RHODODENDRON 'Ruth Davis'
(C) Red tinged buds open to large pink ageing-to-white flowers for an interesting yak-like tricolor effect. This is a dependable low grower with dark green leaves on a mounded plant. more info

RHODODENDRON 'Shogun'
'Shogun' has large and open-faced white flowers with a red blotch deep in the throat. Trusses are large, dome-shaped and lightly fragrant. The plant is low-growing and rounded. Leaves are narrow and deep green and have a light indumentum. more info

RHODODENDRON 'Silver Sovereign'
(C8) Compared to the other plants of this cross, this one is the fastest and tallest grower. It is somewhat more upright than wide, remains well clothed, and has excellent silvery-white compact trusses. more info

RHODODENDRON 'Skylark'
Pink trusses in the middle of June bring color to your garden after most other evergreen rhododendrons have finished. more info

RHODODENDRON 'Solidarity'
(C8) Extra large flowers are a luminous pink, combining red, pink and white hues as they age and new buds open. Excellent dark green thick foliage of heavy substance on a vigorous growing and hardy plant, wider than tall. more info

RHODODENDRON 'Spätlese'
This 'Spätlese' extends the bloom season, flowering the first week of June here in Central New Jersey. Large pink, funnel-shaped flowers, are gently ruffled. The outside of the petals are a little deeper in color, the insides have cherry-red flecks. more info

RHODODENDRON 'Spellbinder'
This is one of the most cold-hardy big-leaf rhododendron hybrids available. Long, somewhat narrow leaves resemble the species calophytum, which is in 'Robin Hood'. Huge flower buds, bigger than golf balls, sit prominantly atop the flowering stems. more info

RHODODENDRON 'Summer Glow'
(C8) The leaves are large and elongated, but unlike maximum, they are glossy, a good dark green, and not as pointed. The truss and flowers are very large and of a bright, clear, rose pink which age to a lighter pink. more info

RHODODENDRON 'Super Nova'
(C8) 'Super Nova' is a handsome, compact, burly, thick grower. The flowers are about the same as 'Nova Zembla'—a tight conical red truss but the habit is very different. more info

RHODODENDRON 'Taurus'
(C8) This is a spectacular early blooming red rhododendron. A large sized plant with pointed dark green leaves and dark maroon flower buds. The 3.5 inch flowers are a spectacular dark red with black spotting. more info

RHODODENDRON 'Tina Heinje'
Late May brings large dome-shaped trusses with each flower intense red in bud, opening dark pink and red with a dark red eye and a paler pink inside. Plant has a compact habit, with deep green foliage and light indumentum under the leaf. more info

RHODODENDRON 'Toccata' aka HP-575
Pink buds open to white flowers with a half-inch light pinky purple margin to the petals. There is a small yellow green flare in the throat. Plant habit is low, wider than tall, and dense. more info

RHODODENDRON 'Todmorden'
(C8) Flowers are a sharp, bi-color of reddish pink rims, then white, then pink again. Famed for its sturdy growth and distinctive veined dark green foliage. more info