Add rich color and evergreen beauty to your landscape with Rhododendron ‘Daphnoides’, a hardy flowering shrub prized for its vibrant purple blooms and compact growth habit. Blooming in late mid-season, this attractive rhododendron produces eye-catching clusters of purple flowers that stand out beautifully against glossy evergreen foliage.

Compact yet impactful, ‘Daphnoides’ is ideal for woodland gardens, foundation plantings, shaded borders, and mixed landscape beds. Its cold hardiness and reliable flowering make it a dependable choice for gardeners seeking long-lasting spring color and year-round structure. You will receive a healthy container-grown plant similar in size and condition to the one shown in the listing photos.

You will receive:
✔️ 1 live Rhododendron ‘Daphnoides’ shrub
✔️ Grown in #2 nursery container
✔️ Healthy, rooted evergreen plant
✔️ Purple flowering landscape shrub
✔️ Secure packaging for safe arrival

Growing Information

• Common Name: Daphnoides Rhododendron
• Botanical Name: Rhododendron ‘Daphnoides’
• Plant Type: Evergreen flowering shrub
• Growth Stage: Established container-grown plant
• Sun Requirements: Partial shade to filtered sun
• Soil: Acidic, moist, well-draining soil
• Watering: Moderate; keep soil evenly moist
• Mature Height: Approximately 4 feet
• Mature Width: 4–5 feet
• Growth Rate: Moderate
• USDA Zones: 6–8
• Container Friendly: Yes when young

Care Tip

Plant in acidic soil with good drainage and apply mulch annually to help maintain moisture and cool root temperatures. Light pruning immediately after flowering helps maintain shape without removing future flower buds.

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.