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Tree azalea is the common name growers give to azaleas that develop a single or multi-stemmed trunk and an open, small-tree habit rather than staying as a low mounded shrub. Mature size…
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…
Site with heavy or waterlogged soil Rhododendrons fail fastest in clay or compacted ground that holds water around the roots, and the…
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