Add rich color and evergreen elegance to your landscape with Rhododendron ‘Daphnoides’, a hardy flowering shrub prized for its vibrant purple blooms and lush evergreen foliage. Blooming in late mid-season, this rhododendron produces abundant clusters of purple flowers that create a bold contrast against its deep green leaves.

Its moderate mature size makes it an excellent choice for woodland gardens, foundation plantings, shaded borders, and mixed shrub beds. Dependable and easy to maintain, ‘Daphnoides’ provides year-round structure while delivering a stunning spring floral display. 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: 5–8
Container Friendly: Yes when young

Care Tip: Mulch annually to maintain cool roots and help conserve moisture. Light pruning immediately after flowering helps maintain shape and encourages fuller 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.