Add rare elegance and compact evergreen beauty to your landscape with this live Rhododendron ‘Mangetsu’, a hard-to-find evergreen azalea prized for its artistic two-tone flowers and naturally sculpted growth habit. This unique satsuki × kurume hybrid produces crisp white blooms edged with rich purple margins, creating a refined and eye-catching display during early to midseason flowering.

The broadly funnel-shaped flowers appear in delicate clusters that give the plant a graceful bonsai-like character highly valued by collectors and Japanese garden enthusiasts. Small dark green evergreen leaves and dense tiered branching provide year-round structure and texture, while the naturally compact size makes ‘Mangetsu’ ideal for rock gardens, patio containers, bonsai training, foundation plantings, and smaller ornamental landscapes.

Exceptionally cold hardy and slow growing, this elegant azalea offers timeless beauty without overwhelming the garden space. You will receive a healthy live plant similar in size and condition to the one shown in the listing photos.

Product Details

• 1 live Rhododendron ‘Mangetsu’ azalea
• Originally grown in #1 container
• Approximate height: 6–12 inches
• Healthy, rooted evergreen shrub
• Rare compact flowering azalea
• Secure packaging for safe arrival

Growing Information

• Common Name: Mangetsu Evergreen Azalea
• Botanical Name: Rhododendron ‘Mangetsu’
• Plant Type: Evergreen flowering shrub
• Growth Stage: Young established plant
• Sun Requirements: Partial sun; morning sun with afternoon shade preferred
• Soil: Acidic, moist, well-draining soil
• Watering: Moderate; maintain evenly moist soil
• Mature Height: Approximately 1 foot in 10 years
• Growth Habit: Dense compact tiered evergreen shrub
• Growth Rate: Slow
• USDA Zones: 5–8
• Cold Hardiness: Hardy to approximately -10°F (-23°C)
• Bloom Time: Early midseason to midseason
• Bloom Color: White petals with deep purple edges
• Flower Size: Approximately 1.5 inches wide
• Foliage: Small dark green evergreen leaves
• Fragrance: None
• Container Friendly: Yes, excellent for bonsai, patios, and decorative containers

Care Tip

Plant in acidic soil with consistent moisture and protection from harsh afternoon sun. Light pruning after flowering helps preserve the plant’s sculpted form and encourages dense branching.

Plant Condition Disclosure

Live plants may be shipped dormant, leafless, recently pruned, bare root, or partially defoliated depending on season, weather, and shipping requirements.

Natural variation in size, branching, foliage density, color, root structure, and overall appearance should be expected.

Important Note

You will receive a live starter plant (seedling/young plant). Listing photos show the plant at a mature stage for reference only. The actual plant size, shape, and appearance may vary and will be significantly smaller than the images shown.

Customer Notice for Live Plants

Live plants may experience normal shipping stress such as leaf loss, yellowing, wilting, or minor branch damage.

Please consider local weather before purchasing. Extreme heat, freezing temperatures, severe weather, shipping delays, or unattended packages may increase plant stress.

Due to the perishable nature of live plants, returns are generally not accepted. If there is an issue with your order, please contact us within 48 hours of delivery and provide the required photos for review.

• Photos of the shipping box
• Photo of the shipping label
• Clear photos of the plant from multiple angles
• Scratch test photos if the plant appears dead or dormant

Dormant, stressed, defoliated, wilted, or transit-shocked plants are not automatically considered dead.

Claims submitted without the required photos or more than 48 hours after delivery may not be eligible for review, replacement, or refund.