Late Fall and early Spring are the peak times for tropical Rhodies at
Bovees Nursery. I highly recommend ordering something from them if you've got a *Bright* South facing window or greenhouse. I had them in a dim South window and also in an East window and they suffered for a long time. Then I got them in the SW facing sunroom and they grow so fast I can't keep up with them sometimes! If you live in coastal California from the Bay area down, you can grow them outside for great winter color.
Order something big, vigorous and fragrant if you've got the space! Hybrids are easier, usually, than species, of course. Right now, they have a ton of realllly good looking 1-3ft tall R. leucogigas hybrids that will make very nice medium sized fragrant shrubs in a year or two.
Here's a sampling of their stock.
R. laetum V45
R. konori V103 (my favorite. Did I mention I'm a sucker for white flowers?)
R. tuba V314
R. x Saxon Glow V539
V517
R. salicifolium V615
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V505
