Christmas Cheer Size:3 gal size 3-4 year old plants

Christmas Cheer Size:3 gal size 3-4 year old plantsMost winters, 'Christmas Cheer' blooms around Christmas time, thus the name. However, it will sometimes wait and start blooming mid January and into go into late February. The light pink flowers fade to white as they light up the drab winter landscape. A useful plant for the early bloom. Great foliage too.

and was created by Dick 'Red' Cavender of Red's Rhodies of Salem

The flowers are white and appear in July through September

and as plants age

new growth foliage that turns dark green by summer

A semi-dwarf azalea that has light red-orange

This cultivar was found by Vermeulen in about 1987

The plant will only grow to 3ft x 3ft in 10 years

Looks stunning when planted with golden foliage plants

Rich blood-red flowers in perfect trusses sit atop whorls of narrow splendid leaves of green

growing vigorously but staying neat

Can flower well in partial shade

Because the foliage is so different from what most people think of in rhododendron leaves