
Introducing...
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

How to grow rhododendrons
All the information you’ll need to grow & care for rhododendrons in your garden.
Useful advice
Rhododendron diseases

Rhododendron leafhopper and bud blast
Rhododendrons on alkaline soils

Vine weevil
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