Rhododendron Hybrids - Mauves, Blues & Purples 42 Advanced Specimens - Alphabetical List

Mid season. 1.5m (Unknown) The nice compact truss has a bright rose pink edging shading through to a white centre with wine speckling in the throat. Good dark green foliage. $37.00

Mid season. 1.5m (‘Countess of Derby’ x ‘Countess of Derby’) Lovely clear pink gigantic trusses with a frilled edge. Good foliaged plant the large leaves being a lighter green than many rhododendrons. $37.00

Mid season. 1.5m (‘Lem’s Cameo’ x ‘Tomeka’) Bright pink with apricot yellow centre and a maroon blotch. Open growth habit. $40.00

Early mid season. 1.8m (‘Van Nes Sensation’ x decorum) The soft blush pink florets have a lighter centre with a small lemon blotch in the throat. Fragrant, prolific flowerer. Tough, leathery leaves on upright, spreading growth habit. Fills a big gap! $37.00

Mid season. 1.5m (‘Lem’s Cameo’ x ‘Pink Petticoats’) Up to 34 lovely frilled flowers make up the very large compact truss. The colouring is shades of old rose and ivory. The foliage is characterised by long, thick stems proportionally large to support the huge trusses. $40.00

Mid season. 1.2m (‘Lem’s Cameo’ hybrid) Salmon pink flowers with a small wine blotch at the base of the throat. $40.00

Early. .75m (augustinii x fastigiatum) A compact small leaved plant which has violet blue flowers. $35.00

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Early mid season. 1.5m (augustinii ‘Tower Court’ x ‘Blue Diamond’) Rich metallic, lavender blue flowers in tight terminal clusters, smother this compact bushy plant. Forest green foliage in spring, turning bronze in the winter. $37.00

Late. 1.2m (‘Blue Ensign’ x ‘Purple Splendour’) Violet flowers of good substance with prominent, almost black triangular blotch in throat. Floriferous. $37.00

Early mid season. .75m (‘Intrifast’ x augustinii) This plant has many small blue flowers all along the stems. It prefers a sunny location. Foliage turns to bronze in cold winters. $35.00

Late mid late season. 1.2m (selected seedling ponticum) A vigorous plant covered by bright green foliage. The profuse lavender blue flowers have a distinctive brown dorsal blotch. $37.00

Mid season. 1.5m (Probably a ponticum hybrid) The lavender blue flowers, with a dark purple blotch, form a compact frilly truss. Good deep green foliage. $37.00

Mid season. 1.5m (‘Van Nes Sensation’ x ‘Emperor de Marac’) This pale lavender variety has a fairly dense broad growth habit. Prolific flowerer. $37.00

Mid season. 1.2m (‘Blue Peter’ x yakushimanum ‘Koichiro Wada’) The frilled edges of this flower are mauve purple, shading lighter towards the centre. Red stems are a feature of the attractive foliage. $37.00

Mid season. 1m (‘Ilam Violet’ x ‘Blue Diamond’) Electric blue flowers. Good trusses. Compact plant habit. Bronze-green foliage in winter. $35.00

Late mid season. 1.8m (ponticum x ?) Deep mauve flowers with a distinctive dark maroon blotch. Strong growing plant, with attractive foliage. $37.00

Late mid season. 1.5m (‘Purple Splendour’ x ‘Blue Peter’) Phlox purple flowers with a large eye of maroon and black in the centre of the dorsal lobe. Dark glossy green leaves. Open habit. $37.00

Late mid season. 1.8m (‘America’ x ‘Purple Splendour’) A good strong growing rhododendron. The large, wine purple flowers have a deeper purple eye. $37.00

Mid season. 1.8m (catawbiense x ponticum) Hardy sun tolerant lavender purple. Double flowers make this rhododendron a little different. $37.00

Mid season. 1.2m (ponticum x Unknown) A unique combination of very deep maroon-purple flowers with an unusual yellow-gold flare. Growth habit almost twice as wide as tall. Requires excellent drainage. $37.00

Early mid season. 1.5m Deep violet blue flowers form compact little trusses. Tall upright growth habit. Bronze coloured foliage in the winter.

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(‘Britannia’ x ‘Trilby’) A late flowering, upright growing rhododendron. The light purple flowers have a contrasting, large, deep purple eye. $37.00

Late. 1.2m (‘Melanie Shaw’ x ‘Brenda Lee’) The wavy edged, vivid violet purple flowers shade to strong purplish red in the centre with prominent black flares on the upper lobes. Dense foliage and spreading habit. $37.00

Mid season. 1.2m (‘Humboldt’ x ‘Direcktor E Hjelm’) The large trusses are a deep mauve pink shade with a distinctive dark wine blaze on the upper lobe of the florets, a showy flower. Tough leathery foliage with striking red leaf petioles. $37.00

Late mid season. 1.5m (fortunei x ‘Lady Grey Egerton’) A good looking plant having glossy foliage. The compact flowers are lavender in the bud opening a soft pinklavender, with a small gold flare. $37.00

Late. 1.2m (catawbiense x unknown) Good strong growth habit, with dark wavy foliage. The royal purple flowers form a compact truss. $37.00

Mid season. 1.2m (Unknown) This is a different shaded purple, being a more mauve-purple rather than a black purple. The florets have a striking white centre. Lightish green foliage. $37.00

Late. 1.5m (Unknown) Deep purple-violet flowers, with bronzygreen blaze on upper lobe. $40.00

Mid season. 1.5m (‘Cup Day’ x ‘Purple Splendour’) Flowers of soft red purple with heavy, dark spotting on upper lobe and centre of floret. Dark green, glossy foliage. A striking plant. $37.00

Late. 1.5m (Unknown) Mauve flowers, with a darker centre, compact-growing. Free flowering. A good hardy variety. $37.00

Early mid season. .5m (‘Blue Diamond’ x ‘Sapphire’) Deep violet blue flowers make a charming display on this small leaved hybrid. Sun – tolerant. $35.00

Mid season. 1.5m (Probably a ponticum hybrid) Unusual port wine colouring. Quite different to all other purples. Attractive foliage and very compact growth habit.

Mid season. 1.2m (‘Mars’ x ‘Purple Splendour’) Waxy, very deep reddish-purple flowers with brown spotting. Excellent domeshaped trusses. Upright plant, leaves held for three years. $37.00

Early. 1.2m (carolinianum x dauricum) This hybrid is cold hardy as well as tolerant of heat and sun. It has attractive mahogany coloured, aromatic foliage, in the winter and spring, setting off the small bright lavender pink flowers beautifully. $37.00

Early. 1.5m (Unknown) Large, soft lavender flowers with darker purple spotting. $37.00

Late mid season. 1.5m (‘Purple Splendour’ x) Deep, rich, purple flowers and dark green foliage. Dense, compact plant habit. $37.00

Late mid season. 1.2m (ponticum hybrid) Probably still the darkest purple available, the black blotch on it making it look darker. Requires a well drained situation. $37.00

Early mid season. .5m (fastigiatum x carolinianum) Tolerates both sun and partial shade - very hardy. The very small attractive aromatic foliage changes colour through the year, deep metallic in winter, to dusky grey blue new growth. It flowers prolifically, a lively bluish-violet colour. $35.00

Mid season. 1.5m (‘Viennese Waltz’ x ‘Olin O. Dobbs’) Named to commemorate 100 years of nursing in NZ. Striking large trusses of mauve with a deep wine purple throat. Dark green foliage. Reliable and hardy.

Late midseason. 1.2m (‘Hachmann’s Diadem’ x ‘Hyperion’) The flowers are pale purple fading to white with a prominent blotch of deep purplish red. $40.00

Mid season. 1m (yakushimanum ‘Koichiro Wada’ x ‘Album Novum’) The delicate soft lavender, frilled flowers fade to a silvery white with a small lemon green blaze in the throat. Compact growth habit, the new foliage has a dusting of fine white spotting on it.

Early mid season. 1m (augustinii x impeditum) An upright growth habit, floriferous. Clusters of little lobelia blue flowers cover the plant in spring. Foliage turns to a bronze colour in the winter. $37.00

Mid season. 1.5m (‘Purple Splendour’ x ‘Mrs Donald Graham’) Elegant orchid flowers with a sunset of deep bronze colours in the centre. Bronzy green foliage with reddish leaf stems. $37.00