Very sweet. Saw it in a nursery last week. Maybe I'll go back and buy it.

I realize this is an older post, hoping someone (esh_ga ?) will still answer.

I'm wondering if Millenium and prunifolium bloom times overlap at all. I just bought Millenium, I have quite a few prunifolium, and it doesn't look like the flower colors would be very pretty near each other!

Millennium is 'Weston's Sparkler' x 'Weston's Parade'. They are all late bloomers.

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R. prunifolium blooms in late summer.

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"Millennium" blooms before prunifolium most years. They can overlap.

Thanks rhodyman

Some of the pictures make Millenium look rosy-red-pink, like the top photo, others like yours look like they have more orange in them, like raspberries and oranges.

I had the species viscosum, never thought it had scent that carries, I had to go bury my nose in the plant to get scent. How fragrant do you find Millenium?

I don't raise Millenium. I remember it as average fragrance, not overpowering.

I have both of the rhodies being discussed here. Millenium flowers a bit earlier (I think) than prunifolium and I have found it to be extremely heat tolerant as well, unlike 'Lemon Drop' which wilts every year (and it's full of blooms each year).

I could think of far worse things occuring in one's garden than having these 2 specimens planted near each other and possibly going off at the same time.