Add brilliant spring color and compact evergreen beauty to your landscape with this live Rhododendron ‘Vivacious’, a dwarf hybrid rhododendron prized for its intense red ruffled blooms and tidy growth habit. Blooming in May during midseason, this striking evergreen shrub produces densely packed trusses of vivid red flowers that create a bold, eye-catching display against dark green slender foliage.

Compact and easy to maintain, ‘Vivacious’ matures to approximately 3 feet tall and wide, making it ideal for borders, woodland gardens, small landscapes, foundation plantings, and decorative containers. Developed in Canada at Vineland Station near Niagara Falls, this resilient variety is known for its durability and likely exceeds its official USDA hardiness rating.

Its evergreen foliage provides attractive structure year-round while the vibrant spring blooms bring dramatic seasonal color. You will receive a healthy live field-grown plant approximately 12–15 inches wide, similar in size and condition to the one shown in the listing photos.

What You Will Receive:

• 1 live Rhododendron ‘Vivacious’ plant
• Approximately 12–15 inches wide field-grown size
• Healthy, rooted evergreen shrub
• Compact dwarf red flowering rhododendron
• Secure packaging for safe arrival

Growing Information

• Common Name: Vivacious Rhododendron
• Botanical Name: Rhododendron ‘Vivacious’
• Plant Type: Evergreen flowering shrub
• Growth Stage: Established field-grown plant
• Sun Requirements: Filtered sun to full sun
• Soil: Acidic, evenly moist, well-draining soil
• Watering: Moderate; maintain evenly moist soil
• Mature Height: Approximately 3 feet
• Mature Width: Approximately 3 feet
• Growth Habit: Compact dwarf evergreen shrub
• Growth Rate: Moderate
• USDA Zones: 6b
• Cold Hardiness: Likely hardier than listed USDA rating
• Bloom Time: Midseason spring blooms in May
• Bloom Color: Bright red with ruffled petals
• Container Friendly: Yes, excellent for patios and smaller gardens

Care Tip

Light pruning immediately after flowering helps maintain a dense compact shape and encourages healthy branching. Apply mulch to help retain moisture and maintain acidic soil conditions.

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.