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Ericaceae
Rhodora
Rhododendron canadense
Also known as Rhododendron canadense, rhodora azalea, Canadian azalea, Rhododendron rhodora f. albiflorum
Flowering Plants · Native Plants · Trees & Shrubs · Native Shrub · Spring Flowering · Acidic Soil · Bog Garden · Woodland · Rhododendron · Ericaceae · Northeast Native · Early Pollinator · Deciduous Shrub
Rhodora is a stunning native deciduous shrub of northeastern North America, renowned for its vivid rose-purple flowers that burst open in early spring before the leaves emerge. It requires acidic, consistently moist to boggy soil and partial shade, making it ideal for rain gardens, bog edges, or woodland borders. Provide an acidic mulch such as pine bark to retain moisture and maintain soil pH, and enjoy near-effortless seasonal color with meaningful value for early pollinators.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 4 hours
- Watering
- Water thoroughly and keep soil consistently moist; do not allow to dry out · Every 5-7 days
- Maintenance
- Moderate
- Soil
- sandy loam
- Soil pH
- 4–5.3
- Temperature
- -20°F to 95°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed, Division, Cutting
Hardiness
USDA 3a-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 2 ft – 8 ft
- Spread
- 7 ft
- Spacing
- 36 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Shallow
- Flowers
- Purple
- Foliage
- Green · Coarse
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Connecticut, Labrador, Maine, Masachusettes, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Prince Edward I., QuéBec, Rhode I., Vermont
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies, Hummingbirds
Sources: trefle, usda
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