I was at the Rhododendron Species Foundation in Federal Way, WA, last
week. They had a large, over 20' tall, rhododendron they were
transplanting. The roots ball was less than 8 inches thick. They had
the roots sandwiched between two shipping pallets. That is the first
time I saw how really shallow rhododendron roots are on a very large
plant.


Steve - that was a fictolacteum - a picture of that very plant is at
www.rhodo.citymax.com at the bottom of the page! I was also struck by the
sight.