Originally Posted by Gill Matthews

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hi i think the previous tenant put a small 'ingrid melquist' rhody in
the back garden. it's only about 18 inches high now. the soil here is
towards alkaline which i believe is wrong for it, plus it has a
position that would get quite a lot of bright sun in mid summer. i
think he planted it as an experiment. i've recently noticed that some
of the leaves are going brown and getting holes. it only seems to be on
one side of the plant at the moment. i've linked some pics from
photobucket:

http://tinyurl.com/2xl2sr
http://tinyurl.com/2epuva

any ideas what it could be? i think it had some browning of leaf tips
before snow recently but seems worse now.

i'm a garden dunce i'm afraid, but would like to keep the rhody if
possible. would it benefit from moving to a more sheltered, shady
position? and would it be ok with being moved?
could it be grown in a large pot?

appreciate any help. thanks

That does look a bit like alkaline damage. were the leaves yellow before
they went brown? If you are sure that your soil is alkaline, I would
transfer it into a large pot of ericaceous compost and water it through
with a liquid feed for acid loving plants. I dont know the variety so
I'm not sure if a large pot is a viable long term solution. I have been
successful in keeping 'patio varieties' in pots.

Gill M