| Scientific Name: | Rhododendron macrophyllum |
| Common Name: | Pacific rhododendron |
| Family Name: | Ericaceae |
| Origin: | B.C. west of Cascades, U.S. - northwest |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 6: (-23 to -18 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Broadleaf evergreen |
| Mature Size: | 7 - 10m x 4 - 5m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Dense, Spreading, Upright |
| Form: | Oval - vertical |
| Texture: | Coarse |
| Landscape Uses: | Group or mass planting, Mixed shrub border, Screening, Specimen plant, Tall background, Woodland margin |
| Exposure: | Part sun/part shade, Filtered shade, Deep shade |
| Soil or Media: | Humus rich, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Alternate, Leathery, Glabrous, Elliptic, Entire |
| Flowers: | Raceme, White, Pink, May |
| Fruit: | Capsule, Brown, Aug-Sep |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves, leathery, mostly elliptic, 8-20cm long x 3-7cm wide, petioles 1-2cm long; flowers 2.5-4cm long x up to 5cm wide; corolla deeply 5-lobed, stamens 10, anthers 2-3mm long, red-brown. | |