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By Bez

Cumbria, United Kingdom

Loads of new leaves but barely any flowers this year on my rhodedendron. I want to keep it to a reasonable size but cant get the pruning right. I do dead head but do I remove the new leaves which have grown April to May before summer or will this prevent bud formation. Help please




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Buds form in the summer and as it was a very dry summer that is the most likely reason for poor bud growth.

This is the RHS link
https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/popular/rhododendron/growing-guide

7 Jun, 2020

bez
Bez
 

Thankyou Seaburngirl. I'm probably not the only one with this problem then. Thank goodness for the rain

8 Jun, 2020

 

Hi I have a fairly new one and it seemed to miss flowering every second year, but it's flowered for the last 2 years this time

10 Jun, 2020

How do I say thanks?

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