Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Rhododendrons are not for everyone. Sadly, they are not for gardeners who have alkaline soil. Gardeners ...

The gardens at Leonardslee in Sussex are famous for their ... Sir Edmund had a particular interest in rhododendrons and Leonardslee is still one of the best places to see both species and hybrids of ...

although I’ve seen many rhododendrons in near-abandoned gardens that are never deadheaded, nor fertilized, and still bloom just fine. While we think of rhodies as shade plants, they do need ...

What is that rhododendron ... ability to re-bloom throughout summer and into early fall. Though the total amount of bloom for the following spring might be reduced, this out-of-sequence blooming is ...