Brighten your landscape with the cheerful blooms of Rhododendron ‘Hotei’, a compact evergreen shrub prized for its vibrant yellow flowers and manageable growth habit. Blooming in mid-season, this eye-catching rhododendron produces clusters of bright yellow blooms that add warmth and contrast to woodland gardens, borders, and shaded landscape beds.

Its compact mature size makes it ideal for smaller garden spaces, foundation plantings, decorative containers, and mixed shrub borders. Hardy and easy to maintain, ‘Hotei’ provides year-round evergreen structure along with stunning seasonal color. 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 ‘Hotei’ shrub
✔️ Grown in #2 nursery container
✔️ Healthy, rooted evergreen plant
✔️ Yellow flowering landscape shrub
✔️ Secure packaging for safe arrival

Growing Information
Common Name: Hotei Rhododendron
Botanical Name: Rhododendron ‘Hotei’
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 3 feet
Mature Width: 3–4 feet
Growth Rate: Moderate
USDA Zones: 6–8
Container Friendly: Yes

Care Tip: Plant in acidic soil with consistent moisture and mulch annually to maintain cool roots and healthy foliage. Prune lightly after flowering if shaping is desired.

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.