Add bold color and exceptional cold hardiness to your landscape with the Nova Zembla Rhododendron, a vigorous evergreen shrub prized for its vibrant light red blooms and reliable performance. Blooming in mid-season, this classic rhododendron produces large flower trusses that stand out beautifully against rich green evergreen foliage. Its large mature size makes it ideal for privacy plantings, woodland gardens, foundation borders, and statement landscape designs.

These healthy field-grown plants have been carefully cultivated for strong root development and long-term garden success. Plants arrive approximately 12–15 inches wide and similar in size and condition to the listing photos, ready to establish quickly in the landscape.

You will receive:
✔️ 1 live Nova Zembla Rhododendron
✔️ Width: approximately 12–15 inches
✔️ Healthy, field-grown evergreen shrub
✔️ Strong, rooted plant
✔️ Secure packaging for safe arrival

Growing Information

• Common Name: Nova Zembla Rhododendron
• Botanical Name: Rhododendron ‘Nova Zembla’
• Plant Type: Evergreen flowering shrub
• Growth Stage: Established field-grown plant
• Sun Requirements: Partial shade to filtered sun
• Soil: Acidic, rich, well-draining soil
• Watering: Moderate; keep soil evenly moist but not soggy
• Mature Height: Approximately 8 feet tall
• Growth Rate: Moderate to fast
• USDA Zones: 4–8
• Container Friendly: Limited; best suited for landscape planting

Care Tip

Plant in an area protected from harsh afternoon sun and drying winter winds. Mulching annually with pine bark or organic compost helps maintain acidic soil conditions and supports healthy root growth.

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.