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You have an unlabelled shrub in the garden Look at the leaves first. Both azaleas and rhododendrons belong to the same genus, Rhododendron, so the split you're trying to identify is between…
Tree azalea is the common name growers give to azaleas that develop a single or multi-stemmed trunk and an open, small-tree habit…
Native soil is alkaline (high pH) Rhododendron roots need a soil pH between roughly 4.5 and 6.0, and most struggle once the…
Soil pH is too high for rhododendrons The single most common reason a rhododendron fails is planting it in soil that isn't…
Site with heavy or waterlogged soil The fastest way to kill a rhododendron is to plant it where water sits after a…
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