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Help - my rhododendron's poorly
MrsGarden
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Hoping you can help, the picture says it all really. I'm not sure what's going on or what to do. It was the first plant I ever bought and so is very precious. Thank you.
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MrsG - is that the small one you talked about a while ago? It really doesn't look very happy there, but is it just a few leaves? What's the rest of it like?
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Hello Mrs G. Most of the bush looks fine to me - is it just a small number of leaves affected? There's a good "problem solving" bit on the Glendoick Gardens website, with pictures of mildew etc on rhodies.
Thanks both, it is the one I mentioned earlier FG. It's been happily there for a few years now and this has happened over the last week (2 at the most). The rest of the plant is ok liriodendron (by the way I've just bought your namesake!). I'll have a look at the website thanks.
Liri's right - the other bits in that pic are fine so unless it's in other areas it you can probably just take those leaves off and see how it goes. Rhodies are pretty trouble free on the whole unless they're in the wrong conditions or something obvious like strangled by other planting or suffering from drought.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Strangled by other plants fairy? Something like a geranium perhaps?
Lucky you, Mrs G, having room for a tulip tree...
Best wishes to it and the rhododendron!