THE RHODODENDRON
DEALING WITH LEGGY PLANTS. After a time rhododendrons become tall, often leggy and unsuitable for small gardens. They do not submit to cutting back, for they take some years to get into a free-flowering condition again, and look unsightly. A much better plan is to bend down strong branches and layer them. This can be done now. The branches may be tongued like a carnation, or simply notched which is more practical, but they will root the same. Get some stout, hooked pegs and fix the layers rather low down in the soil. Leaf mould and sand should be used, especially in heavy soils. Scoop out a hollow, or make a mound, place some of this fresh material in or on it, peg down the branches firmly, covering them well. Tread firmly and water. The layers should be left on the plants for two years, after which they should be severed, lifted and replanted.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 4 November 1938, Page 9
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