Rhododendron/PH

I think I'll just stick them in the ground with plenty of ericaceous, and water in some Aluminium Sulphate. No doubt they'll come to a sticky end, but if I can get another flowering out of them, I suppose that's a bonus. Too big already to pot on again, and I don't want to have large pots around anyway. SWMBO has decreed...

 

This is what I would do. The soil is neutral after all not as though you are trying to grow them in chalk. They are not deep rooting so I reckon you could feed the soil they use to make it 'acceptable' to them. Absolutely worth a try and you just never know. plants do surprise sometimes!!

Val

 

Change of plan
I've decided to keep them in their containers and just sink them into the ground, as I did before. They look ok at the moment, but I know that at some stage they'll get too large/suffer. So, as time goes on, I'll replace them one by one with those that are tolerant (thanks for the link Kristen).

 

Buy them now so they can be putting on some "girth" over the next few years?

If your container ones grow to a size too big for you to manage them in containers I reckon they will have a resale value - at least enough to pay for the, albeit small-size, replacements