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What is the definition of rhododendron?
A:any of genus (rhododendron) of widely cultivated shrubs and trees of the health family with a alternate leaves showy flowers.
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What does rhododendron mean?
The word rhododendron comes from the Greek words rhodos, for rose; and dendron, for tree. For their blossom may have beauty and color competitive to rose blooms. And they tend… to be classified, because of their usual maximum height of 30'/9.144 m, as shrubs and small trees. Rhododendrons are shrubs. Evergreen leaves in winter with multicolored blooms from early spring (MORE)
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What pollinates a rhododendron?
A flower, like a rose, it comes from the greek word rhodos, for rose, and dendron, for tree.They are classified as blossoms.
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What is the abbreviation for rhododendron?
For a species rhododendron such as Rhododendron maximum, it is written: R. maximum. For a hybrid rhododendron such as Rhododendron 'Nova Zembla', it is written Rcv. 'Nova Ze…mbla' (Rcv. meaning rhododendron cultivar). For a selection of a species such as Rhododendron yakushimanum 'Koichiro Wada', it is called R. yakushimanum 'Koichiro Wada' although you may see it written Rcv. 'Koichiro Wada'. (MORE)
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How do you plant a rhododendron?
you gently cut thee auxiliary bud completely off. then you take the roots and soak them in vinegar. after that you dig a whole about half he height of thee plat and then gentl…y put it in and cover it up. (MORE)
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When do you trim rhododendrons?
Prune rhododendron soon after they finish blooming to avoid loosing flowers the following year. They start producing new flower buds for the next year several weeks after they… finish blooming. By mid summer most of these buds have been formed. Pruning then may remove all of the buds for the next years flowers. (MORE)
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What do you feed rhododendrons?
Rhododendrons are not heavy feeders. They like an organic source of nitrogen since chemical nitrogen can destroy microorganisms in the soil that help rhododendrons extract nut…rients from the soil. Other than that they need an acidic balanced fertilizer with trace elements such as iron, phosphorus, magnesium, etc. Liquid fertilizers are not a good choice since they contain high amounts of chemical nitrogen. Some good rhododendron fertilizers contain cottonseed meal as an organic source of nitrogen. (MORE)
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What do rhododendrons do to the soil?
Rhododendrons help protect the soil, but they are not heavy feeders and do not change the soil much. Their leaves help build up the richness of the soil after they fall off. R…hododendrons have very shallow roots, so the leaf litter on the ground is important to protect these shallow roots from heat, cold, sun, drought, and sudden temperature changes. That is why in cultivation, they do best when they are mulched. (MORE)
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What is a synonym for rhododendrons?
Rhododendrons might have the synonym "heaths" (the general family) or specifically "azaleas" (two subgenera of rhododendrons).
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What is the symbol of Rhododendron?
Rhododendrons are the national symbol of Nepal. Being a weaker type of plant, Rhododendrons die easily and is usually symbolized as death or decay in Northlandic religions.