Add bold late-season color and evergreen beauty to your landscape with this live Rhododendron ‘Pearce’s American Beauty’, a vigorous broad-growing rhododendron prized for its rich purplish-red blooms and dramatic flower trusses. This field-grown evergreen shrub produces large frilly funnel-shaped flowers with striking yellow-green spotting and delicate white rays, gathered into impressive ball-shaped trusses containing up to 18 blooms each. Blooming later than many rhododendrons, this exceptional variety helps extend the flowering season well into late spring.

Long yellow-green evergreen foliage and gracefully arching branches provide year-round structure and ornamental interest in woodland gardens, foundation plantings, and shaded landscapes. Hardy and highly ornamental, ‘Pearce’s American Beauty’ is an outstanding choice for collectors and gardeners seeking vibrant late-season blooms. You will receive a healthy field-grown plant approximately 12–15 inches tall, similar in size and condition to the one shown in the listing photos.

Growing Information

• Common Name: Pearce’s American Beauty Rhododendron
• Botanical Name: Rhododendron ‘Pearce’s American Beauty’
• Plant Type: Evergreen flowering shrub
• Growth Stage: Young field-grown plant
• Sun Requirements: Partial shade to filtered sunlight
• Soil: Acidic, moist, well-draining soil
• Watering: Moderate; maintain evenly moist soil
• Mature Height: Approximately 6 feet in 10 years
• Growth Habit: Broad, arching evergreen shrub
• Growth Rate: Moderate
• USDA Zones: 6–8
• Cold Hardiness: Hardy to approximately 0°F
• Bloom Time: Very late season
• Bloom Color: Purplish-red with yellow-green spots and white rays
• Flower Size: Approximately 3 inches across
• Container Friendly: Yes, while young and excellent for shaded patios

Care Tip

Plant in acidic soil with protection from harsh afternoon sun for best flower production and foliage health. Light pruning immediately after blooming helps maintain shape and encourages strong 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.