Pjm Rhododendron Varieties. Rhododendrons are shrubs with showy flowers in spring usually in shade of white pink purple and red. The foliage of elliptic glossy dark green leaves turns reddish purple in fall and winter.
In mid to late spring it bears abundant rounded clusters of 10 to 15 trumpet shaped vibrant reddish purple flowers. An excellent choice for borders mass plantings or containers. These hybrids are compact rounded small leaved evergreen shrubs that generally grow to 3 6 tall and are noted for having exceptional winter hardiness.
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Does very well in cold climates and is one of the hardier. This variety is noted for its tolerance for heat as well as cold. Mezitt who along with his father developed the rhododendron hybrids that carry those initials. The evergreen foliage takes on a mahogany brown winter color.