Re: [SG] Rhododendrons

Hello Betty,
        I have had the Chionoides in my garden for a while now... good performer
and goes well with many other early blooming plants. It is a dependable
bloomer and is a cultivar that performs well in our heavy clay soils. Will
grow larger than the 4' that is in the description, especially in the width
department. Blooms are a bit small and the clusters of blooms is not great,
but it is a nice plant that I like.
        My Scintillation is slowly dying over time. Planted the same time as
Chionoides and Roseum. Roseum is doing even better that the other two.
Large and showy.
        Everyone seems to have their own formula for planting a Rhodie. I like to
mix pinebark mini nuggets, sand and local soil from the garden in equal
amounts. Then I use 60% or more to back fill the hole. Mostly the Rhodie is
planted above our clay soil levels and then mounded. I keep mulched with
chopped leaves. Feed with any cheap acid fertilizer in Feb and then again
in June... if I remember it. Mostly I do not.
        Gene Bush     Southern Indiana    Zone 6a     Munchkin Nursery
          around the woods - around the world
genebush@otherside.com     http://www.munchkinnursery.com
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> From: Betty Barrows, Kinderhook, NY <Betbarr@AOL.COM>
> Subject: Re: [SG] Rhododendrons
> Date: Monday, April 19, 1999 4:22 PM
>
> Just returned from the nursery with two Olga and a large leafed white
> Chionoides -  Olga I know  is very hardy and does well here (probably
would
> like a little more sun than the one I already have is getting)  Thje
white
> Chionoides I know nothing about except that Dirr's description sounded
pretty
> good - hardy to -20, broad and dense, to 4', white with yellow throat.
I
> keep looking for another Boule de Neige which is a super old thing, but
the
> years go by, so I bought this white one -
>
> I've dumped a bale of Pro-mix and a lot of compost - I want  to work this
in
> to my clay type soil in about thirds - am I on the right track?   What
> fertilizer?
>
> I have a Scintillation that has been growing smaller every year -
obviously I
> need to learn what rhodies like before this one disappears completely!
>
> Betty Barrows
> Kinderhook NY Zone 5
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