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Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Wet Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Moderately acid (5.6 – 6.0)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 4b -31.7 °C (-25 °F) to -28.9 °C (-20 °F)
Plant Height: 4-6 feet
Plant Spread: 5-6 feet
Leaves: Good fall color
Evergreen
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: Pink
Flower Time: Spring
Late spring or early summer
Uses: Cut Flower
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Tip
Layering
Other: Tissue Culture

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Common names
  • Rhododendron

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Location: Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Date: 2019-05-10
Dark green lanceolate leaves accent the explosion of flowers on t
Location: Clement Gray Bowers Rhododendron Collection, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
Date: 05/20/2003
photo by Cornell Plantations via Cornell University Library's eCo
Location: Maine
Location: Maine
Location: charlottetown, pei, canada
Date: 2020-june 3
Rhodo-Olga Mezitt
Location: charlottetown, pei, canada
Date: 2020 june 3 
closer view Olga Mezitt
Location: Baltimore, Ohio
Date: 2021-04-23
Color is bright pink . Shade is causing a bluish cast.
Location: My garden, Pequea, Pennsylvania 17565
Date: 2017-04-16
Location: My garden, Pequea, PA 17565
Date: 2016-04-19
Location:  Clement Gray Bowers Rhododendron Collection, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
Date: 05/20/2003
photo by Cornell Plantations via Cornell University Library's eCo
Location: My backyard in Allentown, PA
Date: 24 April 2016
Closeup of flower cluster on 24 April 2016
Location: Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Date: 2019-05-10
Several plants of Olga Mezitt rhododendron growing along the Laur
Location: Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Date: 2019-05-10
One of my favorite rhododendrons along the Laurel Ridge Trail in

Photo courtesy of Rhododendrons Direct. Used with permission.
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Photo courtesy of Rhododendrons Direct. Used with permission.
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: My backyard in Allentown, PA
Date: 3 May 2015
Morning sunlight highlights an Olga flower truss on 3 May 2015.
Location: charlottetown, pei, canada
Date: 2020 june 3
closer view olga mezitt.
Location: charlottetown, pei, canada
Date: 2020 june 3
closer view Olga Mezitt
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