Late mid season. .8m (yakushimanum x fortunei) Suitable for container. Soft pink buds opening into pure white fragrant flowers with a green throat. Compact plant habit with neat green foliage.

Mid season. 1.8m (‘Alice Franklin’ x ‘Crest’) If you want a large yellow flower then this plant has it. The colour is as good if not better than Crest and the leaves are quite large and attractive. Not a densely foliaged plant.

Mid season. 1.5m (campanulatum x fortunei) A slow growing plant that has very dark green foliage and delicate, blue-lavender flowers with deeper purple spotting. Compact growth habit.

Mid season.  1m (‘Hotei’ x ‘Cameo No 18′) Dainty apricot pink flowers are frilled as is the calyx. Bright maroon star in centre. Attractive green foliage.  Requires good drainage and dappled shade.

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.

Late mid season. 1.5m (‘Fabia’ x ‘Romany Chai’) The large trusses are a clear coral-salmon colouring. Good foliage and plant habit.

Late mid season. 1.2m  (‘Sappho’ x yakushimanum Exbury form) Pale pink buds open to a white flower. A bright maroon blotch flares from the throat

Mid season. 1.8m  ([‘Wilgen’s Ruby’ x ‘Mayday’] x ‘Billy Bud’) Currant red flowers darker in the centre. Compact well rounded plant habit with mid green foliage.

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

Mid season. 1.8m (sino-nuttallii x lindleyi) This variety tolerates both colder and warmer climates. Tubular campanulate flowers, rich creamy pink in bud opening white, with yellow basal blotch. Perfumed. Protect from frosts. Peeling mahogany bark.