WHAT'S LOOKING GOOD IN MAY 2018

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  1. shiney

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    We've got friends who have only annual plants. They're actually perennials but they never look after them and then go to the garden centre each year to buy new ones! :doh:

    They have stopped asking us why their plants keep dying. :heehee:
     
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        Have you got acid soil @Gail_68 ?
         
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          Well what's the point to all that :dunno: besides doing your brain in for info [​IMG]

          I just cut mine back and have been hoping for the best as the flowers are stunning :love30:
           
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            I haven't got a clue john but it's come back fine and it's in Multi purpose compost...gets sun besides water :scratch:
             
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            They need ericaceous (acidic) compost. Although yours looks OK, in my chalky soil the leaves go yellow so I could be wrong.
             
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              John I asked my hubby about the soil and he'd not got a clue either but he did say the other plants are doing well :snorky:...it's good at releasing new leaves :whistle: I just think it's lost it's ability to flower :scratch:
               
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              If you have other acid loving plants, Azaleas, Heathers, more Rhododendrons and they are doing OK then you must have acidic soil :blue thumb:
               
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                Heather yes and they're getting bigger by the year...I mixed white with purple and lilac but the colours going now :)

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                  Great - now you know what pH soil you have :blue thumb:
                   
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                    :thankyou: John for helping me identify my soil :yay:
                     
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                      @JWK found the reason why just been looking and you get some that don't flower.

                      Bloom Pattern. Again, the species of your rhododendron matters! Some species simply don’t bloom every year, or will bloom heavily one year and need another to rest before doing it again. If your rhododendron went to seed last season, that can also have an influence on blooms – watch for next time and remove any dying blooms you find before they can become seed pods.
                       
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                          New shoots and before anyone says something :phew:...I know I've got to cut the tags from around the trunk it self [​IMG]

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                          I think this ones trying to grow a fringe [​IMG]

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                            Good afternoon all my friends,busy time of the year and I love it:smile:
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