Add elegant year-round beauty to your landscape with this live Rhododendron myrtifolium, a rare compact evergreen rhododendron prized for its tidy growth habit, glossy foliage, and delicate lavender-pink spring blooms. Grown in a #1 container, this refined dwarf species features small myrtle-like deep green leaves that provide structure and color throughout the year.

In late spring to early summer, clusters of soft lilac to pale pink flowers emerge, creating a graceful floral display perfect for woodland gardens, alpine plantings, borders, containers, and collector gardens. Naturally compact and extremely cold hardy, Rhododendron myrtifolium is ideal for smaller landscapes and gardeners seeking low-maintenance evergreen beauty with excellent ornamental appeal.

You will receive:
✔️ 1 live Rhododendron myrtifolium plant
✔️ Originally grown in #1 container
✔️ Healthy, rooted evergreen shrub
✔️ Compact cold-hardy rhododendron variety
✔️ Secure packaging for safe arrival

Growing Information

• Common Name: Myrtifolium Rhododendron
• Botanical Name: Rhododendron myrtifolium
• Plant Type: Evergreen flowering shrub
• Growth Stage: Young established shrub
• Sun Requirements: Partial shade to dappled sunlight
• Soil: Acidic, moist, well-draining soil
• Watering: Moderate; maintain evenly moist soil
• Mature Height: Approximately 2–3 feet
• Mature Width: Approximately 2–3 feet
• Growth Rate: Slow to moderate
• USDA Zones: 5–8
• Bloom Time: Late spring to early summer
• Bloom Color: Pale lavender to soft pink
• Foliage: Small glossy evergreen leaves
• Container Friendly: Yes, excellent for containers and alpine gardens

Care Tip

Rhododendrons thrive in acidic soil with consistent moisture. Mulch around the base to help retain moisture, regulate soil temperature, 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.