Stephen,

The rhododendron was grown by the nursery I bought it from. They have many
acres of plants out back growing in rich Connecticut river bank soil. The
plant was only about 18 inches high and appears to have been recently dug
from a field and put into a plastic 3 gallon container. If I recall
correctly, when we took it out of the pot, it did not have a whole lot of
roots wrapped around it the way a lot of plants you buy do so I figured it
had been recently dug. .

All the other stuff I bought from them including a twin of this plant is
doing fine. They do have a one year guarantee so if it dies I get a new
one. .

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"Stephen M. Henning" wrote in message
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"Jenny" wrote:

Do I water or not water?????

Check the soil around the roots and see if it is wet or dry. You only
water when it starts to get dry. You need to water often until the
roots get established. Was it containerized or B&B? If B&B it should
not have too much stress if the root ball was not disturbed. If it is
containerized, it may have been potted in bark dust and the roots will
not come out of the bark dust sometimes. They are much more difficult
to get started. Most rhodies grown in the west coast (USA) are shipped
in bark dust.

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