small 4' x 4' rhodo with scented leaves? (vancouver area)

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  1. Georgia Strait

    Georgia Strait Generous Contributor

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    this is a small rhodo (10 yr size = approx. 4 x 4 feet) with small leaves

    in greater Vancouver area

    unless this is some mislabeled nursery stock - I am surprised that the leaves have a scent something like "lemon balm" combined with "cedar" - the way at the coast we know how cedar smells (gentle, not like old cedar-lined packing trunks)

    is this a rhodo?
    any clue as to which it might be?
    I don't think it bloomed this past spring so I can't offer help in that regard

    it seems happy in our forest type garden here near Vancouver
    just can't figure out what our friend gifted us

    thank you
     
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    I think I have just answered my own question - my neighbor suggests that it is a PJM rhodo

    and I tend to agree
    based on this - from WSU over the border from us in Pullman WA
    http://www.pnwplants.wsu.edu/PlantDisplay.aspx?PlantID=282

    I like this rhodo - agree - not as showy as some of the others - tho nice year round and for sure hardy - it is a leggier shrub so allows hostas out here at the coast and other woodland greens during the summer.

    this one at our cottage does go bronze-ish in the leaf during winter - as described by WSU link above

    thank you for your interest
     

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