Author: Coppice
Posted: Sun Mar 20, 2011 8:39 am (GMT 0)
Rhododendron covers a lot of botany. From rugged almost tree sized mega-shrubs to tender tropical bushs to very tiny leaved specimens I want as bonsai.
So they need a space adequate to their ultimate adult size.
Rhodies also have fibrous roots that are shallow so they need access to water in mildy acidic soil.
If your dumpster rhodies had tags, do some research on their ultimate size. Let that dictate where you plant them.
If I have an objection to Rhodies it is often larger specimens are planted where snow pack crushes them as snow falls off roofs. If you plant your shrubs where heavy snow pack will crush them, and do not prune them or install (each fall) protection. Don't be too suprized when you end up with a prostrate shrub laid-long on the lawn.
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