Scientific name: Rhododendron ‘PJM’

Common name:  PJM rhododendron

Family name: Ericaceae

Useful cultivars and selections:

USDA hardiness zone: 4

Mature height and spread: 0.7-1.3m tall, 1-1.5m wide

Form: dense, round

Water use: moderate

Soil requirements: acidic, well drained

Leaf arrangement: simple. Alternate.

Fall colour: Goes lightly bronzed in winter

Flower/cone/fruit description: raceme flowers (showy pink), absent fruit.

Limitations: Fall colour can make the plant look dead.

Suitable uses: mixed shrub border. Very robust and tough.

Quick ID: Evergreen. Shrub. Simple. Alternate. Leaves whorls at tips. Elliptic. No underside colour. Unique smell (olives) when leaves ripped.