Bring rich color and evergreen beauty to your landscape with Rhododendron ‘Colonel Coen’, a vigorous flowering shrub prized for its elegant purple blooms accented by dramatic dark purple blotches. Blooming in mid-season, this striking rhododendron produces abundant flower trusses that stand out beautifully against glossy evergreen foliage.

Its upright rounded growth habit and dependable cold hardiness make it an excellent choice for woodland gardens, foundation plantings, mixed borders, and shaded landscape beds. ‘Colonel Coen’ offers year-round structure and texture while delivering a bold floral display each spring. You will receive a healthy field-grown plant similar in size and condition to the one shown in the listing photos.

You will receive:
✔️ 1 live Rhododendron ‘Colonel Coen’ shrub
✔️ Size: approximately 18–21 inches wide
✔️ Healthy, rooted field-grown plant
✔️ Purple flowering evergreen shrub
✔️ Secure packaging for safe arrival

Growing Information

• Common Name: Colonel Coen Rhododendron
• Botanical Name: Rhododendron ‘Colonel Coen’
• Plant Type: Evergreen flowering shrub
• Growth Stage: Established field-grown plant
• Sun Requirements: Filtered sun to full sun
• Soil: Acidic, moist, well-draining soil
• Watering: Moderate; keep soil evenly moist
• Mature Height: Approximately 5 feet
• Mature Width: 5–6 feet
• Growth Rate: Moderate
• USDA Zones: 6–8
• Container Friendly: Yes when young

Care Tip

Protect from harsh winter winds and mulch annually to maintain cool roots and even moisture. Light pruning after flowering encourages dense branching and helps maintain shape.

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.