Rhododendron PERCY WISEMAN - 2 Gal

Percy Wiseman Rhododendron

Rhododendron 'Percy Wiseman'

Height: 5 feet

Spread: 5 feet

Sunlight: full sun partial shade

Hardiness Zone: 7a

Description:

Bright red buds produce beautiful pink blooms that fade to creamy white with yellow throats on this majestic shrub in mid spring; an accent shrub that will definitely make an impact; absolutely must have well-drained, highly acidic and organic soil

Ornamental Features

Percy Wiseman Rhododendron is covered in stunning clusters of lightly-scented creamy white trumpet-shaped flowers with buttery yellow throats and pink streaks at the ends of the branches in late spring, which emerge from distinctive red flower buds. It has dark green evergreen foliage. The glossy narrow leaves remain dark green throughout the winter.

Landscape Attributes

Percy Wiseman Rhododendron is an open 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.

Percy Wiseman Rhododendron is recommended for the following landscape applications;

Accent
Mass Planting
General Garden Use