Rhododendron periclymenoides "Purple" prophouse-winter-2028 up to four or five

up to four or five inches across

and the compact

set in a neat cross above a pair of large leafy sepals

Smooth aromatic shrub with soft green needle like leaves and pale white flowers

Rhododendron periclymenoides "Purple" prophouse-winter-2028 up to four or fiveAmong the most beloved of the eastern wild azaleas, Rhododendron periclymenoides drifts through the open woods and swamp margins of the eastern United States from New Hampshire and Massachusetts south to South Carolina, Tennessee, and Alabama, opening clouds of pink bloom just as the woodland wakes in spring. This selection breaks from the ordinary pink of the species: a soft lavender purple color form discovered in Lancaster County, South Carolina,