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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 'Golden Jubilee'
Flowers are large (3.5 inches wide) and very fragrant. Delicately shaded colors of pink and yellow. Foliage is a medium matte green. more info

RHODODENDRON 'Golden Star'
A good yellow for the East in our recent mild winters. Free flowering with bright yellow ball-shaped trusses on a well shaped plant. more info

RHODODENDRON 'Goldflimmer'
The flowers are a lavender purple with a yellow to white blotch which complements the variegated foliage--each leaf has a consistent bright yellow splash in the center. more info

RHODODENDRON 'Goldfort'
The flowers are 3.5 to 4 inches across and a pleasing light ivory yellow. The foliage is a medium green with 6 inch leaves, and withstands our winter weather well. more info

RHODODENDRON 'Golfer'
Grow this one just for the foliage! 'Golfer' is a dwarf plant with outstanding persistent silvery frosted tomentum on its newer growth. Rose pink buds open to pink flowers in a flat truss which eventually fade to white. more info

RHODODENDRON 'Gomer Waterer'
A classic white from yesteryear, 'Gomer Waterer' has a ball-shaped truss that emerges a light lavender pink and quickly turns white with yellow spotting on the upper lobes. The foliage is dark green and the plant is dense, dome shape. more info

RHODODENDRON 'Gosh Darn'
Buds of light yellowish pink open to flowers of pale orange yellow in a flat truss. The unusual color, great leaves and vigor have made this a much used parent. more info

RHODODENDRON 'Grace Seabrook'
(C8) This is a truly stunning, early red rhododendron, one of the first elepidotes to bloom in our garden in early April. The large waxy flowers have been described as currant red to blood red, but we see them as a strong wake-you-up-in-the-spring red. more info

RHODODENDRON 'Great Smokey'
This is a vigorous plant with large soft lilac pink trusses topped off with a vivid reddish–purple blotch deep in the throat. A hardy "big one" that deserves wider attention. more info

RHODODENDRON 'Haaga'
Bred in Finland, this is one hardy rhododendron! 'Haaga' is an upright growing, dense, medium-sized plant with dark green distinctive foliage. The flowers are a bright solid pink. more info

RHODODENDRON 'Hachmann's Diadem'
(C8) Light purplish pink and white flower with a large, conspicuous blotch of cherry red. New growth is an attractive red. Very impressive dark, smooth, elliptic foliage. more info

RHODODENDRON 'Hachmann's Polaris'
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 'Hachmann's Rosarka'
(C8) There are only a few insigne hybrids around, and all are worth growing for their great thick, glossy, leathery foliage alone. This one has light carmine red flowers with faint dark red markings in trusses of 12. more info

RHODODENDRON 'Hardy Giant'
Its dark green foliage can be 10 to 12 inches long and 3 inches wide. The flower is 3.5 to 4 inches wide, 14 per truss, creamy white with a raspberry blotch. more info