White Catawba Rhododendron is a rounded evergreen shrub with tidy dark green foliage. Large clusters light pink buds open to soft white flowers with yellow blotches in mid spring. Best grown in part sun and rich, moist, acidic well-drained soils.
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Type:
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Shrub
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Origins:
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Appalachian Mountains; GA Native
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Height:
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6' - 7'
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Spread:
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6’ - 7'
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Spacing:
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6'
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USDA Hardiness Zone:
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4 - 8
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Culture:
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Full Sun, Part Sun
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Bloom Color:
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White
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Season of Interest:
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Spring, Year-Round
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MAINTENANCE NEEDS: Low Maintenance. Water Regularly. Mulch in winter. Proper care and air circulation should prevent most pest and disease problems. Rhododendrons are susceptible canker, crown rot, root rot, leaf spot, rust, powdery mildew, aphids, borers, lacebugs, leafhoppers, mealybugs, mites, nematodes, scale, thripes, and whitefly.
LANDSCAPE USES: Accents or Group Plantings, Borders, Naturalized Areas, Wildlife Garden, Foundation Plantings, and Hedges.
COMPANION PLANTS: Coral Bells, Pieris, Hydrangea
IMAGES: Famartin, 'along Tranquility Court in the Franklin Farm section of Oak Hill, Fairfax County, Virginia' series; (1) 2020-05-20 09 01 00 White Catawba Rhododendron flowers opening..., CC BY-SA 4.0, (2) Famartin, 2020-05-21 08 45 15 White Catawba Rhododendron flowers, (2) Photo by David J. Stang, Rhododendron catawbiense Album 4zz, CC BY-SA 4.0
*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown.
