Add reliable color and year-round evergreen beauty to your landscape with Rhododendron ‘PJM’, one of the most popular and cold-hardy rhododendrons available. This award-winning evergreen shrub is prized for its masses of lilac-purple blooms that appear in early mid-season, creating a vibrant display against glossy green foliage.

As temperatures cool, the leaves transform into deep mahogany-purple tones for exceptional winter interest, making ‘PJM’ a true four-season landscape plant. Its upright dense growth habit, excellent heat tolerance, and outstanding cold hardiness make it an ideal choice for borders, woodland gardens, foundation plantings, and mixed shrub beds. 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 ‘PJM’ shrub
• Grown in #3 nursery container
• Healthy, rooted evergreen plant
• Award-winning cold hardy flowering shrub
• Secure packaging for safe arrival

Growing Information

• Common Name: PJM Rhododendron
• Botanical Name: Rhododendron ‘PJM’
• Plant Type: Evergreen flowering shrub
• Growth Stage: Established container-grown plant
• Sun Requirements: Partial shade to full sun
• Soil: Acidic, moist, well-draining soil
• Watering: Moderate; keep soil evenly moist
• Mature Height: Approximately 4–5 feet
• Mature Width: 4–5 feet
• Growth Rate: Moderate
• USDA Zones: 4–7
• Container Friendly: Yes when young

Care Tip

‘PJM’ is more heat and sun tolerant than many rhododendrons, but mulch annually to help maintain cool roots and conserve moisture. Light pruning after flowering encourages dense branching and shape control.

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.