i am extremely new at planting outdoors...help!
Can you give me some tips on planting a rhododendron?
Rhododendrons have a few requirements: excellent drainage, a soil pH between 4.5 and 6.0, and protection from hot afternoon sun.
Site: Plant the rhododendron out of the wind and in dappled shade, preferably from a high cover of limbs that will give filtered shade all day. Some varieties will take a few hours of direct sun in the morning, but most need protection from the intense Southern sun. Trees should be tall enough to be limbed up so the shrubs will get plenty of light. These trees will cut the force of drying winds in winter as well as summer.
Drainage is improved by planting on a slope – a northern slope is preferable to a southern slope. When using rhododendron in a foundation planting, avoid southern exposures. The best place to plant is on the north or east side of a building.
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Reply:North or east exposure, plant in pure peat moss.
Reply:they like acid soil plant them in a shady spot with good compost you can also mulch them with pine needles which will help with the soils ph i water mine one a month with a tablespoon of apple cider vinegar per gallon
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