The Minnetonka Rhododendron is a great selection for using in borders, beds, woodland gardens, or foundation plantings. This heavy blooming accent plant produces abundant trusses of vibrant lavender purple flowers with yellow and green blotch during the spring. These attractive flowers are trumpet-shaped, lightly scented, and bloom from deep purple buds. Its foliage holds its glossy green color throughout the entire year. This showy dwarf evergreen features a low mounding growth habit that is both compact and dense. Heat and sun tolerant!