Scientific Name: Rhododendron 'PJM'
Common Name: PJM rhododendron
Family Name: Ericaceae
Origin: Garden origin, North America
Hardiness Zone: Zone 4: (-34 to -29 °C)
Plant Type: Broadleaf evergreen
Mature Size: 0.7 - 1.3m x 1.0 - 1.5m (height x width)
Habit: Dense
Form: Round
Texture: Medium - fine
Landscape Uses: Mixed shrub border, Spring interest
Exposure: Full sun, Part sun/part shade
Soil or Media: Acidic, Well-drained
Leaves: Simple, Alternate, Leathery, Pinnate venation, Glabrous, Elliptic, Entire
Flowers: Raceme, Violet, Pink, Mar-Apr-May
Fruit: Aborted (hybrids) or absent
Key ID Features:
Leaves small, elliptic, leathery, dark green/rough rusty-scaly underside, aromatic when crushed; flower lavender-pink in spring. Winter ID: leaves purple-bronze.