Rhododendrons cultivated in the British Isles up to 1850
The list below is drawn mainly from The Hillier Manual supplemented by the other references. Introduction dates are given in brackets. AGM indicates the RHS Award of Garden Merit and is given to plants of outstanding excellence for garden decoration or use.
Species
- R. anthopogon (1820)
- R. arborescens (A) (1818)
- R. arboreum subsp. arboreum (1810)
- R. arboreum subsp. zeylanicum (1830s)
- R. arboreum subsp. cinnamomeum (1820)
- R. aureum (1796)
- R. barbatum (1829)
- R. brookeanum (V) (1845)
- R. calendulaceum (A) (1806)
- R. campanulatum (1825)
- R. campylocarpum (1849)
- R. camtschaticum (1799)
- R. canadense (A) (1767)
- R. canescens (1810)
- R. catawbiense (1809)
- R. caucasicum (1803)
- R. ciliatum (1850) AGM
- R. cinnabarinum subsp. cinnabarinum (1849)
- R. dauricum (1780)
- R. falconeri (1850) AGM
- R. ferrugineum (1740)
- R. formosum (1843) AGM
- R. fortunei (1855)
- R. glaucophyllum (1850)
- R. grande (1850)
- R. griffithianum (1850)
- R. hirsutum (1656)
- R. hodgsonii (1850)
- R. hookeri (1850)
- R. jasminiflorum (V) (1846)
- R. javanicum (V) (1846)
- R. keysii (1851)
- R. lanatum (1850)
- R. lapponicum (1825)
- R. lepidotum (1829)
- R. luteum (A) (1793) AGM
- R. macrophyllum (1850)
- R. macrosepalum 'Linearifolium' (1808)
- R. maddenii (1850) AGM
- R. maximum (1736)
- R. minus (1786)
- R. molle (A) (1823)
- R. Mucronatum Group (EA) (1819)
- R. myrtifolium (1846)
- R. niveum (1849) AGM
- R. nuttallii (1850) AGM
- R. Obtusum Group (EA) (1844)
- R. occidentale (A) (1851) AGM
- R. ovatum (A) (1844)
- R. periclymenoides (A) (1734)
- R. ponticum (1763)
- R. setosum (1825)
- R. simsii (EA) (<1812)
- R. Smithii Group (1850)
- R. thomsonii (1850)
- R. triflorum (1850)
- R. veitchianum (1850) AGM
- R. viscosum (1734) AGM
- R. wallichii (1850)
- R. wightii (1850)
- 'Album Elegans' (<1847)
- 'Album Grandiflorum' (<1851)
- 'Altaclarense' (1831)
- 'Altaclarense' (A) (1842)
- 'Amoenum' (EA) (1845) *
- 'Aprilis' (1843)
- 'Atrosanguineum' (<1851)
- 'Azaleoides' (Ad) (1820)
- 'Barclayanum' (<1851)
- 'Blandyanum' (<1848)
- 'Broughtonii Aureum' (1830s)
- 'Broughtonii' (<1853) *
- 'Cartonii' (1825)
- 'Caucasicum Pictum' (<1853) *
- 'Clivianum' (1849)
- 'Coccineum Speciosum' (A) (<1846) AGM *
- 'Cunningham's Album Compactum' (1830s)
- 'Cunningham's White' (1830) *
- 'Daviesii' (A) (1840) AGM *
- 'Everestianum' (<1843) *
- 'Fastuosum Flore Pleno' (<1846) AGM *
- 'Fragrans' (1835)
- 'Gloria Mundi' (A) (1846) *
- 'Govenianum' (Ad) (1828) *
- 'Hybridum' (1817)
- 'Jacksonii' (1835) *
- 'Lady Eleanor Cathcart' (<1850) AGM *
- 'Lee's Dark Purple' (<1851) *
- 'Lee's Scarlet' (<1851) *
- 'Maximum Triumphans' (1840s)
- 'Morleri' (1829)
- Nobleanum Group (1830s) *
- 'Ornatum' (1832)
- 'Phoeniceum' (EA) (1824)
- 'Pulcherrimum' (1835)
- 'Roseum Elegans' (<1851)
- 'Russellianum' (1831) *
- Smithii Group (1830s) *
- 'Standishii' (1844) *
- 'Torlonianum' (<1845)
- 'Towardii' (1850)
Cultivars
References
Bean, W.J. (1970-1988). Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles (8th edn. edited by Sir George Taylor and D.L. Clarke) John Murray
Fletcher, H.R (1958). The International Rhododendron Register. RHS
The Hillier Manual of Trees and Shrubs (1991). (6th edn) David & Charles
Magor, E.W.M. (1987). The beginnings of Rhododendron growing and hybridisation in Britain. Rhododendrons with Magnolias and Camellias 1986-87. RHS
Mills, L.P. (1980). Rhododendron: the early history of their introduction and cultivation in Britain. Rhododendrons with Magnolias and Camellias 1979-1980. RHS
Street, F. (1954). Hardy Rhododendrons. Collins