General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Leaves: Evergreen
Flowers: Showy
Flower Time: Spring
Late spring or early summer
Uses: Cut Flower
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Tip
Layering
Other: Tissue Culture
Child plants: one child plant

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Common names
  • Rhododendron

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Location: Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor
Date: 2012-05-08
A small inflorescence or truss of Rhododendron 'Purpureum Elegans
Location: My garden, Pequea, PA 17565
Date: 2016-05-27
Location: Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor
Date: 2012-05-08
A cluster of buds on Rhododendron 'Purpureum Elegans'.  Each bud
Location: Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor
Date: 2012-05-08
The reproductive parts of a bloom of Rhododendron 'Purpureum Eleg
Location: My garden, Pequea, PA 17565
Date: 2016-05-27
Location: Kalama, Wa.
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Location: KALAMA WA
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Location: English Gardens, West Bloomfield, MI
Date: 2009-05-18
Location: Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor
Date: 2012-05-08
Showing both buds and the shape and color of leaves of Rhododendr

Photo courtesy of Rhododendrons Direct. Used with permission.
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Photo courtesy of Rhododendrons Direct. Used with permission.
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Location: English Gardens, West Bloomfield, MI
Date: 5-2009
Location: English Gardens, West Bloomfield, MI
Date: 2009-05-18
Location: English Gardens, West Bloomfield, MI
Date: 2009-05-18

Photo courtesy of Singing Tree Gardens Nursery
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Photo courtesy of Singing Tree Gardens Nursery
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