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Originally Posted by hollym
Aha! That is why my Rhoddies aren't doing well. They were existing when we moved in (11 - 12 years ago) and they just don't look good now. They are very leggy and sparse. They are in total full sun directly south facing toward the west side of the house. The big lilac probably filters some of the evening sun from the west, but they may just be getting too much sun. What do you think?
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The sun is half the problem. But I can almost bet you the soil is alkaline too. Very uncommon for the soil up here to be acid enough for these plants. We're both going to need to ammend it with something and give them special acid type fertilizer. (I have some Rapidgrow for acid lovers - but where? lol)
You can buy a kit or take a sample to a garden center and they'll test it for you, and recommend what to put on the soil to get the acidity up.