Rhododendrons

Small Leaf Rhodies

Aglo - (Weston’s Aglo) - Z4-5 small pink flowers in early May, small leaves, 4’ x4’ in 10 years

Amy Cotta -  Z4-5- smaller leaves and flowers than PJM, lavender pink flowers in May, 3’ x 4’, good winter foliage color, from one of my favorite RI growers

Landmark - Z5 - Deep pink - red flowers, leathery green leaves turn mahogany in winter, blooms in early May, a Weston Nursery intro

Lavender Frost -  Z4-5 - double flowering lavender rufflled flowers 5’ x5’

Myrtifolium - Z5-6 - pink tubular flowers in June, dwarf grows to 18-24”

Olga Mezitt - Z4-5 - pink flowering PJM, blooms early May, grows 4-5’, good mahogany winter foliage

PJM - Z4-5 - mauve pink flowers in early May, small leaf, grows 4-5’, good winter foliage color

Pioneer Silvery Pink - grows 4-5’, pink flowers, recommended by estate gardener Dave Whalen

Purple Gem - Z4-5 - violet blue flowers, early May, dwarf 3-4’

Ramapo - Z4-5 - violet blue flowers in May, grows to 3-4’, small leaves, nice sub for Purple Gem

Wilsoni - Z4 - 2-3’ x 2-3’ - dark evergreen foliage, pink to lavender pink flowers

Large Leaf Rhodies

Album Elegans - Z4-5 - blush buds open to white flowers in late May, large leaves, grows 6-8’ in 10 years

Anna Hall - hardiest yak - light pink buds to white flowers, 4-5'

Capistrano - Z5 - described by the grower as a bi-color yellow & red, grows to 4’, quite special

Catawbiense  Album - Z4-5 - white flowers in late May, grows to 6-8’, sun, wind, heat tolerant

Catawbiense  Grandiflorum - Z4-5 - deep purple buds to lavendar flowers, 6'

Chinoides - Z5-6 - very pretty white flowers w/ yellow eye in late May, grows to 4-5’ in 10 years

Cunningham White - Z4-5 - pink buds to white flowers, 5-6"

Edith Boseley - Z4-5 - deep purple flowers in late May, grows to 5-6’

Henry’s Red - Z4-5 - deepest red flowers in late May (men love this color), grows to 5’

Maximum - Rosebay – a native that will grow 4-15’ here in the north

Minnetonka – Lavendar flowers with a very nice landscape form, 5-6'

Nova Zembla - Z5 - red flowers darker in the center, grows to 8’, vigorous grower

Purpureum Elegans – deep blue, purple flowers, 5'x5'