This gallery belongs to the SRS community. The images have been gathered, with kind permission, from posts on our Facebook page, from private posts in the rhododendron community and people sending in their pictures. The response has been overwhelming and I had no idea so many Rhododendrons flowered this early. Keep contributing your pictures and we will build up a complete picture of what flowers outdoors at what time of the year. Please note that flowering times vary across Scotland and some of the pictures are from our friends abroad. Svein Eric Tonnesen has provided picture from Norway where Winter temperatures can drop down to -15c.
Images should not be reproduced without permission from whom they are credited. Flower colours may not always show true.
February Flowering Rhododendrons 2024 (20 entries)
The rhododendron with most posts this February was R.’Christmas Cheer’. A very hardy hybrid performing well with a mild start to the year.
Early March Flowering Rhododendrons 2024 (32 entries)R. dekatanum, J.Roy, HighlandsR.barbatum, C.Wight, ArgyllR. arboreum ‘Stonefield Red‘ , C.Wight, ArgyllR. argipeplum, C.Wight, ArgyllR. mallotum, C.Wight, ArgyllR. sutchuenense, C.Wight, ArgyllR. strigillosum, C.Wight, ArgyllR. erosum, C.Weatherley, AberdeenshireR.ririei, M.Broadfoot, ArgyllR. cilpinense, M.Kinns, West ScotlandR.lutescens, M.Kinns, West ScotlandR.siderophyllum, M.Kinns, West ScotlandR.macabeanum, M.Broadfoot, ArgyllR.montroseanum, M.Broadfoot, ArgyllR. ochraceum, C.Wight, ArgyllR. luteiflorum, M.Broadfoot, ArgyllR. thomsonii, C.Wight, ArgyllR.piercei, C.Wight. ArgyllR.hookeri, C.Wight, ArgyllR.arboreum cinnamomeum var. roseum ‘Tony Schilling’ C.Wight, ArgyllR.montroseanum, C.Wight, ArgyllR.hodgsonii, J.Roy, West HighlandsR. ‘Talavara‘ J.Roy, West HighlandsR.barbatum, J.Roy, West HighlandsR.strigillosum, J.Roy, West HighlandsR.pachytrichum, J.Roy, West HighlandsR.floccigerum, J.Roy, West HighlandsR.calophytum, G.Moir, South ScotlandR.praevernum, G.Moir, South ScotlandR.fulgens, G.Moir, South ScotlandR.piercei, M.Kinns, West ScotlandR.‘Christmas Cheer’, A.Knox, GrampianMid/Late March Flowering Rhododendrons 2024 (32 entries)R.camplylocarpum ssp. caloxanthum, C.Wight, ArgyllR.racemosum, M.Kinns, West ScotlandR.luteiflorum, M.Kinns, West ScotlandR. ‘Snow Lady’, M.Kinns, West ScotlandR.principis Rushforth K.D.4914, M.Kinns, West ScotlandR. ‘Cilpinense‘ A.Hogg, AngusR. ‘Praecox’, A.Hogg, AngusR.thomsonii, A.Hogg, AngusR.arboreum cinnamomeum var. roseum, J.Roy, West HighlandsR.roxieanum var. cucullatum, J.Roy, West HighlandsR.arboreum White Form, J.Roy, West HighlandsR.mucronulatum, J.Roy, West HighlandsR.oreodoxa var. fargesii, J.Roy, West HighlandsR.arizelum, A.Row, DumfriesshireR.arboreum ‘Tony Schilling’, A.Row, DumfriesshireR.flinckii, A.Row, DumfriesshireR.asterochnoum, J.Roy, West HighlandsR.boothii, J.Roy, West Highlands (brought indoors for flower protection)R.kesangiae, C.Wight, ArgyllR.exasperatum, C.Wight, ArgyllR.‘Sir Charles Lemon’, G.Moir, South ScotlandR.fulvum, C.Wight, ArgyllR.ciliatum, M.Kinns, West ScotlandR.coeloneuronAC1201, M.Kinns, West ScotlandR.denudatumAC1087, M.Kinns, West ScotlandR.pachysanthum, M.Kinns, West ScotlandR.spinuliferum, M.Kinns, West ScotlandR. lutescens, F. Campbell, Central ScotlandR. calostrotum, F. Campbell, Central ScotlandR. ‘Snow Lady’, F. Campbell, Central ScotlandR. pachysanthum, F. Campbell, Central ScotlandR. denudatum, F. Campbell, Central ScotlandEarly April Flowering Rhododendrons 2024 (48 entries)R.irroratum yilliangense, M.Kinns, West ScotlandR. ‘Sir Charles Lemon’ G. Bergius, ArgyllR. ‘Loch Awe’ G. Moir, South ScotlandR. ‘Avalanche Alpine Glow’ G. Moir, South ScotlandR. ‘Taurus’ G. Moir, South ScotlandR. ‘Avalanche’ C. Wight, ArgyllR. ‘Fulbrook’ C. Wight, ArgyllR. ‘Bibiani’ C.Wight, ArgyllR. ‘Grace Seabrook’ C.Wight, ArgyllR. lacteum, G.Moir, South ScotlandR. albrechtii, C. Wight, ArgyllR. arboreum, C.Wight, ArgyllR. arboreum, C. Wight, ArgyllR. arboreum, C. Wight, ArgyllR. arboreum Stonefield Red, C. Wight, ArgyllR. ‘Galactic’ , G. Moir, South ScotlandR. pachysanthum, G. Moir, South ScotlandR. fulvum, C.Wight, ArgyllR. falconeri, C. Wight, ArgyllR. ‘Exbury Calstocker’, C. Wight, ArgyllR.kesangiae, C. Wight, ArgyllR. sperabile var. weihsiense, C. Wight, ArgyllR. ‘Pride of Leonardslee’ C. Wight, ArgyllR. macabeanum, M. Storah, ArgyllR. montroseanum, M. Storah, ArgyllR. hodgsonii, M. Storah, ArgyllR. campanulatum , collected in Langtang Nepal 2000, J. Roy, West HighlandsR. pseudochrysanthum, G.Moir, South ScotlandR. campylocarpum, M. Kinns, West ScotlandR. ‘Drake’s Mountain’ F. Campbell, StirlingshireR. ‘Wheatear’, F. CampbellR. pemokoense, F. Campbell, StirlingshireR. pseudochrysanthum, F. Campbell, StirlingshireR. charitopes ssp tsangpoense, F. Campbell, StirlingshireWhite form of R. racemosum, F. Campbell, StirlingshireR. pingianum, F. Campbell, StirlingshireFirst flowering of this rhododendron, wild collected seed by Keith Rushforth, collected in AP. R. arizelum, W. Campbell, StirlingshireR. denudata at 120m, A. Row, DumfriesshireR. ‘Taurus’ A. Row, DumfriesshireR. ‘Logan Dameris’ G. Moir, South ScotlandR. lanatum aff, M. Kinns, ArgyllR. rigidum, M. Kinns, ArgyllR. arboreum aff, M. Kinns, ArgyllR. niveum, M.Kinns, ArgyllR. campanulatum, M. Kinns, ArgyllR. burmanicum, M. Kinns, ArgyllR. valentidioides, M. Kinns, ArgyllR. ‘Phalarope’ J. Roy, West HighlandsMid/Late April Flowering Rhododendrons 2024 (44 entries)R. pemakoense. From the fabled Pemako region of south east Tibet and north east India. J. Roy, West HighlandsR. lacteum. J. Roy, West HighlandsR. macabeanum, J. Roy, West HighlandsR. kesangiae CH&M 3099. J. Roy, West HighlandsGrowing in a basket of moss to mimic its epiphytic nature, R. leucaspis, J. Roy, West HighlandsR. sperabile var wehsiense, J. Roy, West HighlandsR. argyrophyllum ssp hypoglaucum JN. First flowering at Brecklet. J. Roy, West HighlandsR. ‘Phalarope’ covering itself in flowers as usual. J. Roy, West HighlandsR. morii, C. Weatherley, AberdeenshireR. pemakoense, C. Weatherley, AberdeenshireR. hookeri, J. Roy, West Highlands,R. roxieanum var. oreonastes, C. Weatherley, AberdeenshireR. Hippophaeoides var. Haba Shan, C. Weatherley, AberdeenshireR. denutatum (ex-Glendoick) C.Wight, ArgyllR. campylogynum ‘Myrtilloides Group’. J. Roy, West HighlandsR. sanguineum ssp.sanguineum var. haemaleum, C. Weatherley, AberdeenshireR. platypodum (ex-Glendoick) C. Wight, ArgyllR. glaucophyllum var tubiforme, J. Roy, west HighlandsR. falconeri (ex-Glendoick), C. Wight, ArgyllR. falconeri ssp eximium, M. Broadfoot,ArgyllR. ‘Cornish Cross’ (thomsonii x griffithianum) C. Wight, ArgyllR. ‘Pride Of Leonardslee’ (thomsonii x fortunei) C. Wight, ArgyllR. coeloneuron (ex-Glendoick), C. Wight, ArgyllR. ‘Queen Of Hearts’, C. Wight, ArgyllR. petrocharis growing in a basket of moss, J. Roy, West HighlandsR. pubescens.,J. Roy, West HighlandsR. charitopes ssp. tsangpoense., J. Roy, West HighlandsR. lanatum, J.Roy, West HighlandsR. imperator. My own collection from the south side of the Doshong La 1996., J. Roy, West HighlandsR. ‘Trewithen Orange’, J. Roy, West HighlandsAn Alan Clark collection of R. cinnabarinum, J. Roy, West HighlandsR. wardii x macabeanum Glendoick cross, J. Roy, West HighlandsR. schlippenbachii, J. Roy, West HighlandsR. ‘St Tudy’, J. Roy, West HighlandsR. ‘Alison Johnson’, J. Roy, West HighlandsR. ‘Teddy Bear’ yakushimanum x bureavii, J. Roy, West HighlandsR. ‘Bruce Brechtbill’, J. Roy, West HighlandsA pathetic flower but it’s a start. R. sidereum aff from Arunachal 2002. first flower, J. Roy, West HighlandsR. sinofalconeri, Dumfries&Galloway ., A. RowR. arboreum ‘Tony Schilling’ still flowering (pink- several weeks now), A. Row, Dumfriesshire R. arboreum Rubaiyat, A. Row, DumfriesshireR. niveum, M. Broadfoot, ArgyllR ‘Fragrantissimum Improved’,M. Wilkins, ArgyllR. Rex ssp. fictolacteum, A. Row, Dumfriesshire
Early May Flowering Rhododendrons 2024
R. Tomentosum, C. Weatherley, AberdeenshireR. Williamsianum, C. Weatherley, AberdeenshireR. Anwheiense, C. Weatherley, AberdeenshireR. lindleyi Geordie Sherriff (ex-Glendoick), C. Wight, ArgyllR. venator (ex-Glendoick), C. Wight, ArgyllR. sanguineum ssp. sanguineum (ex-Glendoick) C. Wight, ArgyllR. ‘Virginia Richards’ G. Moir, South ScotlandR. ‘Scarlet Wonder’ G. Moir, South ScotlandR. ‘Halfdan Lem’ G. Moir, South ScotlandR. diaprepes, G. Moir, South ScotlandR. ‘Hotei’ G. Moir, South ScotlandR. Argyrophyllum ssp nankingense, G. Moir, South ScotlandR. bureavii, G. Moir, South ScotlandR. ‘China’ G. Moir, South ScotlandR. ‘Queen of Hearts’ G. Moir, South ScotlandR. wiltonii, G. Moir, South ScotlandRhododendron longipes (ex-Glendoick) first flowering, C. Wight, ArgyllRhododendron orbiculare (ex-Millais) two plants, C. Wight, Argyll