Add rare elegance and compact evergreen beauty to your landscape with this live Rhododendron myrtifolium, a dwarf species rhododendron prized for its delicate lilac-lavender blooms and refined myrtle-like foliage. This charming evergreen shrub produces soft pale lavender to pink flowers in late spring to early summer, creating a graceful display against small glossy deep green leaves.

Naturally compact and tidy, Myrtifolium Rhododendron reaches approximately 2–3 feet tall and wide, making it an ideal choice for rock gardens, alpine plantings, woodland borders, decorative containers, and collector landscapes. Exceptionally cold hardy and low maintenance once established, this rare rhododendron offers year-round structure and texture while thriving in cool acidic soils.

You will receive:
✔️ 1 live Rhododendron myrtifolium plant
✔️ Originally grown in #2 container
✔️ Healthy, rooted evergreen shrub
✔️ Compact dwarf flowering rhododendron
✔️ Secure packaging for safe arrival

Growing Information

• Common Name: Myrtifolium Rhododendron
• Botanical Name: Rhododendron myrtifolium
• Plant Type: Evergreen flowering shrub
• Growth Stage: Established container-grown plant
• 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 Habit: Compact rounded evergreen shrub
• Growth Rate: Slow to moderate
• USDA Zones: 5–8
• Cold Hardiness: Extremely cold hardy
• Bloom Time: Late spring to early summer
• Bloom Color: Pale lavender to soft pink
• Foliage: Small glossy deep green evergreen leaves
• Container Friendly: Yes, excellent for patios, alpine gardens, and rock gardens

Care Tip

Plant in cool acidic soil with mulch around the root zone to conserve moisture and protect shallow roots. Dappled sunlight helps preserve healthy foliage and abundant flowering.

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.