Best video I’ve seen on this subject. Everything is covered. After this, a person is loaded with info for success. Especially for beginner like me. Grateful! And scenery is breathtaking!
Hi Rachel, I am growing an Azalea bush in aa azalea pot. It’s called Formosa azalea. A new addition to my patio this year so I don’t know much about it. Your rhododendrons and azaleas look fantastic. Thank you for the information in this video. I think that I’ll add a layer of mulch on top of mine soon.
How I wish I had a picture to share with you of my Dad's topiary garden. The azaleas were large balls set in front of a hedgerow with 2 kingstone shapes- one to either side. The rhodo adorned his garden with violet blooms. Thankfully it was left to spread it's own wings. Thank you so very much for this video Rachel. Love & Blessings from NY shores.
Your Dad's garden sounds amazing. It is impressive to see a lot of clipped azaleas in the Japanese style. I guess they are better than box balls in many ways because they also flower and are magnificent when they do so, Thanks for sharing, Jeri, and happy growing.
It is sad when photos of amazing gardens, like your Dad's, don't survive. My Mum had a beautiful garden too with a grape vine on a pergola we used to eat under and it produced small grapes (unheard of outdoors in Ireland) but I have no photos. People just didn't have cameras as much then and it was costly to print photos so why waste it on a garden photo! Sad.
My Dad used the garden to express that he was Irish. From the 2 King Stones and hedgerow to the Rowan that he planted to honor my parents marriage to the Andromeda that honored the Manly branch of the Fitzgibbons he expressed his love for Ireland Irish tradition and who he was. That defined us. What he created for us was a private park which bloomed for10 months. Memories of what my Grandmother left behind. Your Mom's grape filled pergola sounds like an absolute delight. So true about photos then.
Thank you so very much for sharing your valuable knowledge. I'm very new to having them in my garden here in Adelaide South Australia. Stephen Ryan tells me that they won't be happy living here, so I'm moving into zonal denial territory. I do keep my garden quite wet although the neighbours two very large White Cedar trees that have grown enormous during the last seven years + because of my avid over watering practice's plus over the back fence in a reserve I've been blessed with a waterway creek. Yeah, anyway, they can now dry the ground out much more quickly than in the past and I'm only noticing it now because I've sincerely tried to water less during the colder weather. I've just rung my local nursery looking for ericaceous potting mix which they don't have. Then I looked on their website for acidic potting mix but the two brand's that they carry both contain wetter crystal"s which is not something I have ever nor ever want to use. Why is everything adulterated with regards to growing? Anyway, rant over. From watching the Horti Culturalist channel and seeing huge azaleas in hues of yellow and orange that I have never seen in South Australia, i remembered that I had see them on some RU-vid channel's from America and drooling. Anyway, my avid on line shopping sister whom loves rare plants put me on to a mail order rare plants nurserywebsite and I spent an absolute fortune on just three very small plants, two azaleas, one yellowish and one orangish and a yellow flowering Magnolia as well as a ton of money in postage. Anyway, fairly recently whilst shopping at my local nursery i came across three very beautiful orange flowering Rhododendrons, of which I bought two, even though they were quite pricey but seemed like a bargain compared to what I paid for the rare mail order plants. I also bought a yellow flowering Rhododendron. After getting them home and learning more about them I decided to plant them into two matching pots as a pair but one of the plants was more advanced with the size and the buds, so I went back and bought the third Rhodo which matched the smaller one perfectly. I have yellow sulphur to blue up one of my hydrangea plants, I also have lots of leaves at the moment from the White Cedar trees as it is winter here now. I shall rewatch your video and save it and pray to God literally to keep all these magnificent plants alive and thriving. Awesome video, thanks so very much for sharing and thank you RU-vid AI for putting this video up for me to find and thank you our wonderful Creator for all things including the Internet. Amen.
Well I must agree with you that rhododendrons are magnificent plants and it would be a shame not to grow them. I do hope your three recently-bought bushes do well and that your 'zonal denial' is rewarded. Thanks for watching my video and sending you all my best wishes from rainy Ireland to sunny Australia.
Great video thank you. Fortunately I have several Rhodos in my garden, on acid clay soil. I like how different Rhodis flower at different times, as one goes over another takes its place, albeit just for a few weeks in Spring to early Summer. Yesterday as I was deadheading a Rhodo I spotted the dreaded scale insect, which has spread to other evergreen shrubs in my garden. Out with the Neem Oil to get rid of the pests.
Good on you getting your rhodos to establish in clay soil. Did you dig in lots of compost to open it up when you planted? Like you, I do love rhodos and it is fun to wait for the stragglers to flower. Happy growing.
@@GardeningatDouentzaYes Indeed, we did incorporate lots of compost, both home made and bought in. The garden had been very neglected by the previous owners, it was so bad we had to get contractors in with heavy machinery.
Fantastic information, Rachel. I have a couple in pots, small hybrids commonly sold. I loved to know better the differance between Rodhos and Azaleas 👌
Thanks for the road trip to Waterford Rachel. Some of their Rhodos were to die for. I didn't know about the stamen count to differentiate Azaleas from Rhodos, how interesting! I can't unfortunately grow successfully Azaleas in the ground here so I finally opted for keeping one in a pot. They are so beautiful I wanted to enjoy them.
Thank you, Una. It is true that not everyone can grow rhodos in the ground but it seems like you have found the solution. Thanks for watching and happy growing.
Somehow the algorithm stop sending your videos to me. Tonight your wonderful video on rhododendron came up as usual when I watch a Videos I always learn something but usually quite a bit. Going back a good 15 years ago I was seeing a fellow who lived in Waterford And he arranged for the two of us to one to the garden one August afternoon. There we were just wee two and 40 or 50 work today. When I asked if there was a map the manager of the Garden said to me they were working on one. My friend said to me that’s Irish window there is no map and there is none in progress. It’s such a gorgeous garden and I will return one of these days and I would encourage anyone to go because their hydrangea collection is absolutely stupendous. I envy your climate even with the rain and I’m now very sorry in life I did not stay and make a life there. Having lived for and Ireland and United States I can thoroughly kill you Ireland would’ve been my choice. Thank you again for all of your wonderful plant videos I’m glad I have become many planted with you.
Ah, Rhodos, no growing the typical varieties here. I remember seeing the absolutely massive ones that grow in the Pacific Northwest, I can't remember what park I was in while in Seattle but the Rhodos had to be 20 feet (6 meters) high and half as wide and just awash with blooms, like a giant curtain of blossoms. I would like to try my hand at the Vireya group but there is only one supplier I can find and they are in Hawaii. So, I can get them, I don't know that I want to pay $40 to ship two small plants. (and they are some kind of backwards supplier that requires you to mail a check or money order. In 2021 they don't take digital payment. 🤦♂️)
You are talking my language here, Michael. I've been drooling over the vireya group for years. I mean, who can resist an epiphytic rhodo, right! And the ones I've seen bloom in the greenhouse of the Botanic Gardens (photos used in video) were glorious and scented. But I am trying to steer away from big plants so don't get me going again. There is one nursery near here, like your Hawaiian one, who accepts only cash or cheque. It is hard to imagine in this day and age! Thanks for watching and commenting and have a great week,
Hi great informative video. I have a hydrangea with pink flowers & it grows beautifully. Unfortunately my rhododendron hasnt flowered at all. Does rhat mean the soil is alkaline? I moved it from the other side of the garden but since planting it a few years ago it hasnt had any buds. Shall i replant in a pot?
hello - I need to move my rhodendron because it is getting way too much sun. Can I move now in August? Saw videos that said moving in the winter is the best time, but he didn't have snow, I do. Your advice is very much appreciated. thank you. I was thinking in the fall, but other videos seem to be transplanting them in the summer, so I am a bit confused.
I would say to wait until autumn to move your rhodo. When the soil is still warm, but the plant isn’t in full active growth. Alternatively wait until spring. That is what I would do in my climate zone anyway. Hope this helps.
Thank you for the video, there's too many beautiful rhododendron and azalea to choose from 😍 could a yakushimanum variety be pruned to size? I'd hate to plant 1 and lose it because I cut it back.
I am not sure about any rhododendron, except the Japanese azalea, being pruned to size. The best advice is to buy something that will grow to fit your space.
Help iv a small white rhodedendrom I bought it at a garden center it was in the reduced it wasn't dead but the leaves are very tiny and it had lots and lots of little buds on and it was /is brown in colour and quite dried looking and sparce I bought it for 50p and I bought it home and repotted it into a much larger pot with some good compost and some drip feed food and some water yet it's still brown and dry looking tho the leaves have not dropped off I don't know if it can but bought back to health and thrive any tips???
Make sure not to repot more than one size bigger and to use ericacious compost. Overpotting will lead to incorrect watering and plant death. You can use a fertiliser with a 10-8-6 combination. If the rootball is very dried out, place it in a bucket of water to rehydrate. Remove any dead branches and keep your bush in a sheltered frost-free position. Insert your finger in the compost knuckle deep, when deciding whether or not to rewater, and if dry, water your plant. If it isn't too badly depleted, it will survive. Fingers crossed.
Hi there. I am not sure of the id of that giant rhodo in the video but I would guess sinogrande or macabeanum, which are the two big-leafed ones that I have.
Hi, Rachel I need a advice about Mulching Rhododendron, so many brands to choose… I don’t know which Mulch to buy… any suggestions will be very helpful😍🇬🇧
@@jagdishbahia9162 The brand of mulch isn't important. What is important is that you choose an ericaceous mulch. It will say on the packet. Alternatively you can use pine if you have a source in your garden.
I would suggest that you have planted your rhodos in the wrong place if you are looking to prune them just one year after planting. These aren't plants that can be pruned to size. Except for the azalea types which you see me clipping in the video.
@@GardeningatDouentza I’ve only had them for a month or two- I bought them from a nursery and judging by the size I just assumed they were 1 or 2 years old. I bought them fully bloomed and wanted to learn to care for them. They have lost all of their flowers now and wanted to learn more about what I can do to insure their success. Do you think it was too soon they lost their flowers? I live in a zone 9 in California in the United States. Thank you so much for your response! Edit: I meant deadheading in my original comment- not pruning! So sorry! Still learning the lingo. I’m new to gardening.
@@mamamua4644 I understand. Do you not have the labels for these rhodos? It's best to leave them alone and not prune them. The length of flowering will depend on the variety but, even if they have prematurely lost their flowers, if they are planted in the correct soil and position, they should flower well next year.
@@GardeningatDouentza Great! Thank you! I’ll avoid pruning and just move them if they get too big. But deadheading is okay for all varieties? Thank you!!!
