The larger rhododendrons make the backbone of many a fine garden. We concentrate on species, not hybrids, where possible grown from wild seed.

Rhododendron yunnanense is probably the most reliable flowering shrub in our garden, never failing to cover itself in a mass of pale pink, with a hint of the palest purple, flowers, adorned with many small red spots. These are the seedlings that turn up in the garden, invariably of the same colour. It is quite vigorous, with new shoots up to 30 cm, but the leaves are small, and it is never in any way oppressive, like some of the rhododendrons with larger leaves.