Add timeless elegance and dependable evergreen beauty to your landscape with this live Rhododendron ‘Cunningham’s Blush’, a classic cold-hardy rhododendron prized for its soft pastel blooms and vigorous growth habit. This field-grown evergreen shrub produces beautiful white flowers delicately flushed with light pink to pale lavender blush tones and accented by subtle pink and gold blotching. Blooming in midseason, the graceful floral display contrasts beautifully against rich evergreen foliage and provides outstanding spring color in woodland gardens, borders, and foundation plantings.

Hardy to approximately -10°F and adaptable across many climates, ‘Cunningham’s Blush’ is highly valued for its reliability, cold tolerance, and refined appearance. Over time, this impressive evergreen shrub develops into a substantial landscape plant reaching approximately 7 feet tall. You will receive a healthy live field-grown plant approximately 15–18 inches in size, similar in condition to the one shown in the listing photos.

Product Details:

• 1 live Rhododendron ‘Cunningham’s Blush’ plant
• Field-grown size: Approximately 15–18 inches
• Healthy, rooted evergreen shrub
• Cold-hardy flowering rhododendron
• Secure packaging for safe arrival

Growing Information:

• Common Name: Cunningham’s Blush Rhododendron
• Botanical Name: Rhododendron ‘Cunningham’s Blush’
• Plant Type: Evergreen flowering shrub
• Growth Stage: Established field-grown plant
• Sun Requirements: Partial shade to filtered sunlight
• Soil: Acidic, moist, well-draining soil
• Watering: Moderate; maintain evenly moist soil
• Mature Height: Approximately 7 feet in 10 years
• Growth Habit: Broad upright evergreen shrub
• Growth Rate: Moderate
• USDA Zones: 5–8
• Cold Hardiness: Hardy to approximately -10°F
• Bloom Time: Midseason spring blooms
• Bloom Color: White with soft pink-purple blush and gold blotch
• Container Friendly: Yes, while young and excellent for shaded patios

Care Tip:

Light pruning immediately after flowering helps maintain shape and encourages fuller branching. Mulching with pine bark or organic mulch helps maintain acidic soil conditions and protect shallow roots.

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.