On 17 Apr 2004 11:55:46 GMT, emon (Rhiannon S)
wrote:

Asked on behalf of a friend with no computer:

She has a rhododendron that has never flowered since she bought it. It was
flowering in the garden centre, but in the two years since it's been in the
garden it's produced no flowers, but does have some large buds that never do
anything.

Can anyone suggest what might be stopping it from flowering?

The others have almost certainly diagnosed the problem but there is a
remote outside chance it could be 'bud blast' - remote chance, this is
more likely where there are lots of rhododendrons. Do the flower buds
partially form, then go hard dry and brown, and stay there for ever
unless you pick 'em off? It would be worth cutting open some of those
buds after normal flowering time. Remove and burn those buds anyway.
Poor growing conditions from early summer onwards is a much more
likely cause.

Rod

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