Rhododendron NOVA ZEMBLA - 2 Gal

Nova Zembla Rhododendron

Rhododendron 'Nova Zembla'

Height: 8 feet

Spread: 7 feet

Sunlight: full sun partial shade

Hardiness Zone: 6a

Description:

A popular and attractive broadleaf evergreen shrub with rich red flowers in spring and an upright rounded habit, quite hardy, good in partial shade; absolutely must have well-drained, highly acidic and organic soil, use plenty of peat moss when planting

Ornamental Features

Nova Zembla Rhododendron is draped in stunning clusters of crimson trumpet-shaped flowers with dark red spots at the ends of the branches in mid spring. It has green evergreen foliage. The large narrow leaves remain green throughout the winter.

Landscape Attributes

Nova Zembla Rhododendron is a multi-stemmed evergreen shrub with an upright spreading habit of growth. Its relatively coarse texture can be used to stand it apart from other landscape plants with finer foliage.

This is a relatively low maintenance shrub, and should only be pruned after flowering to avoid removing any of the current season's flowers. It has no significant negative characteristics.

Nova Zembla Rhododendron is recommended for the following landscape applications;

Accent
Mass Planting
General Garden Use