Roseum Elegans Rhododendron
Rhododendron catawbiense ‘Roseum Elegans’ · a lavender-pink catawba rhododendron
A fast, dependable rhododendron with big trusses of lavender-pink flowers in late spring and long, glossy evergreen leaves, a staple for shade and hardier to cold and heat than most. Give it acid, rich soil that never dries out, mulch, and shelter from afternoon sun and wind. Deer often browse it.
- Mature size
- 7 × 7 ft
- 2.1 × 2.1 m, tall × wide
- Hardiness
- Zones 4a–8b
- USDA
- Sun
- Part sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to moist
- Blooms
- May–Jun
Roseum Elegans Rhododendron at its mature size
A mature Roseum Elegans Rhododendron grows 6 to 8 feet tall and just as wide, taller than most people.
Drawn to scale beside a 5 ft 9 in person. With VeraScape, you see it at this size in your own yard.
Typical mature size, unpruned. Sources: NC State Extension, The Tree Center.
Through the year
What Roseum Elegans Rhododendron looks like month by month in a typical zone 6–7 garden.
In leaf · Jul–Apr
Long leathery dark green leaves, no flowers, evergreen.
In flower · May–Jun
Large rounded trusses of lavender-pink flowers.
Photos
Growing Roseum Elegans Rhododendron
- Grows well in
- The Northeast, the Southeast, the Midwest, and the Pacific Northwest.
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Good for
- Privacy screen, hedge, specimen, shade garden, pollinators, and fast growing
- Leaves
- Evergreen
- Native to
- Garden hybrid of R. catawbiense (Southeastern United States)
Spacing for a hedge
VeraScape spaces plants so their grown canopies just touch. For Roseum Elegans Rhododendron, that’s about 7 ft apart, center to center.
Place a row in your own yard and VeraScape spaces them at their mature width, so you can see whether they’ll crowd the walk.
See Roseum Elegans Rhododendron in your yard before you dig
Visualize it at its true size, alongside the rest of your design.
Other azaleas and rhododendrons
Flame Azalea
Roseum Elegans Rhododendron
George L. Taber Azalea
Rhododendron (catawba hybrids)All drawn to the same scale.