"Stewart Robert Hinsley" wrote in message
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In message , Bob Hobden
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"Bill Grey"wrote
A friend of mine is experiencing problems with her Rhododendrons. She
says it flowered very well, but now the leaves are dying and falling off
and the branches have a sort of grey coating. I haven't seen the bush
so I can't eleborate on the grey coating - maybe it is a sort of dusty
coating.

Any ideas about the problem please?

Could be "Sudden Oak Death" Phytophthora ramorum which actually infects
Rhodos etc and whilst it seldom kills them it does make them lose their
leaves, normally the oldest ones.

http://apps.rhs.org.uk/advicesearch/...e.aspx?pid=329

Didn't realise it was still a notifiable disease.

I don't see any mention of a dusty, grey, coating among the symptoms
there. Isn't rhododendron powdery mildew a better bet?
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Stewart Robert Hinsley

Thanks to you who have replied, I shall forward the information to my friend
and perhaps she can further describe the problem.

Bill