Basic Rhododendron Care.

Rhododendrons they need to be top dressed with peat around the base as the roots grow on top of each other year after year.Then they need feeding with a acid loving plant food which you will find from your local garden centre. Watering is important during the mid and late summer as the plants start to create the flower buds for next seasons flowering.If the plants are well watered and the leaves are still dropping a lot,have a look around the roots for vine weevils as these might be eating the roots they look like maggots and have white bodies and brown heads.

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