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Rhododendron

Rhododendrons are grown for their spectacular flowers, usually borne in spring. Some also have young leaves and stems covered in a striking woolly coating (indumentum) and some - the deciduous rhododendrons or azaleas - have good autumn colour.

Growing guide

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Early-flowering rhododendrons

Late-flowering rhododendrons

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Useful advice

Rhododendron diseases

Rhododendron diseases

Rhododendron leafhopper and bud blast

Rhododendron leafhopper and bud blast

Rhododendrons on alkaline soils

Rhododendrons on alkaline soils

Vine weevil

Vine weevil

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