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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 'Hachmann's Polaris'
(C8) Reddish buds opening to a lavender-pink edged flower with a paler throat. The flowers have a ruffled edge. It's a compact, mounded plant. Its dark green leaves have a hint of indumentum on the underside. more info

RHODODENDRON 'Hachmann's Porzellan'
(C8) Mid May blooms of white with a prominent yellow flare held in a tightly packed truss. Deep olive green foliage covers a low growing, well branched, rounded shrub more info

RHODODENDRON 'Helen Everitt'
(C8) The trusses, made up of 4 inch pure white highly fragrant flowers, are often partially double. They look stately and handsome on this medium- to large-sized plant. The flowers are remarkable, but the intense fragrance is the real story. more info

RHODODENDRON 'Helsinki University'
(C8) This Finnish beauty is medium in height and extremely hardy, with light pink flowers sitting in jaunty fashion atop its foliage. The leaves of this variety are especially glossy and green. more info

RHODODENDRON 'Holden'
(C8) This compact plant grows into a rounded mound with dark green leathery leaves. It blooms young and the trusses are ball-shaped with rose-red flowers flecked with darker spotting. Proven to be hardy in heat as well as cold from Georgia to Nova Scotia. more info

RHODODENDRON 'Hot Dawn'
(C8) A Canadian hybrid with large frilly bright pink-red flowers having heavy substance. The plant is upright growing with lighter green. more info

RHODODENDRON 'Humboldt'
A heavy budder, this is a reliable grower that may even be hardier than noted. Blooming in the third week of May, the flowers, in large rounded trusses of pale mauve, have showstopping dark eyes. Foliage is matte dark green. more info

RHODODENDRON 'Hydon Velvet'
(C8) A handsome plant whose leaves have beautiful cinnamon brown indumentum on their underside. The color underneath the leaves is particularly noticeable and attractive in summer. Trusses of pink flowers fading to white are produced in profusion. more info

RHODODENDRON 'Hypermax'
(C) Flowers are large, about 3", white with red speckles in the upper lobe, in a full round truss. It's compact, hardy and a lusty grower. Leaves are large and very dark green, nearly black. more info

RHODODENDRON 'Ingrid Mehlquist'
(C8) White frilly flowers emerging from lavender buds in small but very full and abundant trusses on this low, compact plant. Great foliage and buds heavily from a young age. more info

RHODODENDRON 'Janet Blair'
(C8) 'Janet Blair' has large, fragrant, frilled lavender pink flowers fading to a pale center and topped off by a blotch of yellow rays on the upper lobes. It has glossy green foliage and a mounding habit. more info

RHODODENDRON 'Jonathan Shaw'
(C) Distinctive 3-inch wide flowers of vivid violet-purple shading to a strong purplish- red center with a prominent black flare, held in ball-shaped trusses of 19 florets. Lush wavy-edged foliage on a well- branched plant. more info

RHODODENDRON 'Judy Spillane'
(C8) 'Judy Spillane' shows the best attributes of her parents because she blooms late (end of May/early June) with light pink flowers fading to a creamy white and set off by a prominent yellow-green blotch. more info

RHODODENDRON 'June Melody'
Blooms mid to late June! This is one of John Wister's best hybrids, but surprisingly has remained obscure. White flowers have good substance with yellow throats and sit in full trusses perched on healthy dark green foliage. more info

RHODODENDRON 'Jurassic Fantasy'
(C) Huge trusses of white with a large purple red blotch on the upper lobe makes all else pale in comparison. Petals recurve a bit-lending a very formal appearance. more info