Rhododendron help (pics)...

I finally found some time to give me garden a good clean, I've realised my rhodo doesn't look happy, or is it just me. It gets the morning sun till about 1-2pm. Is there anything I can do to improve the growth.








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Hello Harry.
Rhododendrons like acid soil. Do you know your soil type?

 

I'm not sure what time of soil I have I have an azlea it's been there for 2 years and it's absolutely fine.


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I think I'm right in saying that some Azaleas are more tolerant of less than acidic conditions. Might be worth testing to see what spoil type you have.

 

yellow leaves, could be too wet, too dry, starved, soil too alkaline, soil compacted.

 

Wondering what colour flowers your Rhododendron has? I have many and there are a couple of my yellow flowering varieties which have similar foliage "problems". My best guess is that drainage isn't ideal. They really do appreciate free draining moisture retaining acid soils. Some are much fussier that others if ideal growing conditions aren't available. As the specimen isn't very big it might be an idea to lift it (Rhododendrons are very easy to move) and improve the soil with loads of peat or leaf mould and replant.

 

It hasn't flowerd yet I bought it last year it's called midnight mist- I will try and check the soil type.


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Might be worth giving it a dose of sequestrene and a good Ericaceous mulch

 

Thanks il do that.


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Try treating the soil with iron sulphate.

I had something similar with a Magnolia grandiflora.
I dug it up. Replanted in a raised bed with well drained soil and treated with iron sulphate. It took a few months, but it eventually improved.