The Lee's Dark Purple Rhododendron is a great selection for using in borders, woodland gardens, or foundation plantings. This heavy blooming accent plant produces large trusses of showy violet-purple flowers, which emerge from dark purple buds, during the late spring and early summer. These flowers are trumpet-shaped, lightly scented, and standout beautifully against its dark green, wavy-edged foliage. This broadleaf evergreen features a compact, upright habit of growth and a rounded form. Displays a preference for cooler regions.