Looking to grow a stunning white rhododendron, or two?
Check out some of the many varieties we have to offer...
(HEIGHTS ARE 10 YEAR ESTIMATES & BLOOM TIMES ARE APPROXIMATE)
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Calsap
Flowers are tubular funnel-shaped with wavy edges & a white with a dark red blotch coloring with reverse slightly flushed very pale purple. Produces a conical truss of 18 flowers. Leaves are oblong, have an apiculate apex, are smooth, convex, & vivid yellowish-green. Plant needs sun for dense habit. Blooms in mid spring & reaches roughly 4 feet tall.
Chinoides
A late to mid-season bloomer with large, rounded trusses each holding a dozen or more clear white bell-shaped flowers with yellow dorsal blotches. Compact, dense form is wider than tall, with excellent even growth habit. Tolerates full sun & makes an excellent informal hedge or foundation plant. Blooms mid to late spring & reaches roughly 4 feet tall.
Photo courtesy of Monrovia
Crete
Magenta-pink buds open to light rosy-pink flowers that then fade to white. Leaves have rich green tops with velvety tan undersides. A mounding evergreen shrub with thick, rich green leaves. Tolerates full shade, blooms mid spring & reaches roughly 3 feet tall.
Cunningham's White
Flowers are funnel-shaped & open white with a ray of pale purple & brown markings. Produces lax trusses of 7 to 8 flowers. Leaves are oblanceolate, 5" long & dark green in color. Has a dense habit, blooms mid-late spring & reaches roughly 4 feet tall.
Dora Amateis
Flowers are broadly funnel-shaped, sometimes fragrant & white colored with faint greenish-yellow spotting on dorsal lobe. Held in lax trusses of 6 - 8 flowers. Leaves are recurved & a dull, dark green coloring. Produces bronze leaf color if grown in full sun. Prefers some shade for best performance & will tolerate full shade. Grows twice as wide as tall, blooms early to mid spring & reaches roughly 3 feet tall.
Ginny Gee
Flowers are tubular funnel-shaped to widely funnel-shaped with wavy lobes & are white with pink colored mottling at edges both inside & on reverse. Flowers are held in terminal clusters of multiple buds each with 3-5 flowers. Leaves are elliptic, with acute apex & dark matte green colored. Some reddening of leaves in winter occurs on this compact, very dense growth habit. Blooms early to mid spring & reaches roughly 2 feet tall.
Gomer Waterer
Small evergreen shrub is a highly valued landscape ornamental. Large trusses of showy flowers - white with pale orchid markings - are a beautiful contrast to the dark green leaves. Prefers cooler regions. Sun tolerant. Very effective as an accent.
Kodiak
Silvery white with pink colored ball-shaped trusses develop on a compact growing plant. Incredible foliage of deep green with light tan-colored indumentum. Blooms mid spring & reaches roughly 4 feet tall.
Mrs T.H. Lowinsky
Flowers have overlapping lobes, are a pale lavender color that ages to white, with a brownish-orange blotch. Blooms are held in trusses of up to 14 flowers. Leaves are broadly elliptic to slightly obovate, textured & dark green. Has a round habit & is a vigorous grower. Blooms late spring & reaches roughly 5 feet tall.
Picobello
Beautiful, glossy, dark green foliage with spring flowers that are as white as snow. Makes an outstanding accent or specimen, or use en masse to create a low, informal hedge. Blooms late spring & reaches roughly 5 to 7 feet tall.
Polar Bear
Very fragrant white flowers are a tubular, funnel-shaped with a flush of green in throat. Held in flat trusses of about 8 to 10 flowers. Slow to bloom & can tolerate full shade. Leaves are long, heavily veined & a mid green color. A vigorous shrub that prefers shaded woodland locations. Blooms early to mid spring & reaches roughly 5 feet tall.
Snow Lady
Flowers are pure white with brown anthers & are held in lax trusses of 8 flowers. Buds well in shade. Leaves are elliptic, edges & upper surface hairy, glossy, dark green in color. Has an open, spreading habit, blooms early spring & reaches roughly 3 feet tall.
White Gold
Bright white flowers are widely funnel-shaped with wavy lobes & are held in dome-shaped truss of about 10 flowers. Has a rounded, sprawling habit. Blooms early to mid spring & reaches roughly 5 feet tall.
Yak Golfer
Light pink funnel-shaped blooms pair nicely with its lush green foliage. Can tolerate full shade, blooms mid spring & reaches roughly 3 feet tall.
With April Fool’s Day this week, I find myself reminiscing about a fabled article from the legend himself, my esteemed predecessor at Sunnyside Nursery, Mr. Steve Smith. The Whistling Gardener pontificated about the mythical “wonder shrub” for April Fool’s Day many moons ago - luckily…