Rhododendron 'PJM' 5/2022 Azalea Y0- ( Peter J. Mezitt, late1930s) Azalea, Mature plant size: 5x5ft., pink, USDA Hardiness Zone 4, Michigan Bloom Month 4c-5b, In Garden Bed Y0 for 11.9 YEARS (Lowes,). Planted in 2010.
Missouri Botanical Garden: PJM Group is a series of rhododendron hybrids that resulted from crosses between R. carolinianum and R. dauricum var. sempervirens. These hybrids are compact, rounded, small-leaved, evergreen shrubs that generally grow to 3-6' tall and are noted for having exceptional winter hardiness. Lavender, rose or pink flowers (color varies with cultivar) bloom in clusters (4-9 flowers per cluster) in April. Elliptic, hairless, leathery, dark green leaves (to 2.5" long). Foliage acquires purple tones in winter. These rhododendrons are noted for growing well in the upper Midwest and New England climates. The original hybridization work was started in the late 1930s to early 1940s by Massachusetts nurserymen Edmund Mezitt and his father, Peter J. Mezitt, whose initials became the name for the group.
Photo by F.D.Richards, SE Michigan. Link to additional photos of this plant from 2014, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20, 22:
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