The award-winning botanical artist Marianna Kneller is artist-in-residence at Exbury Gardens, home of the Rothschild rhododendrons, and has spent 15 years documenting the genus. The paintings in this book depict a representative selection of the species, and the accompanying texts have been contributed by some of the world's leading rhododendron experts and enthusiasts. Horticultural information is supplied, each section being given a hardiness rating, a height for the mature shrub, a description of original habitat, and details of varieties and natural forms.