Amateur Gardening

Lime-hating plants

WE all know the dazzling colours of rhododendrons at their peak, but we also realise that most of us don’t have the right soil in which to grow them. We may even take day trips to gardens where they thrive, just to enjoy their dazzling colour

But if you’d love to be able to grow lime-hating rhododendrons and azaleas, not to mention other acid-lovers such as evergreens pieris, camellias, kalmias, most heaths and heathers, and blueberries–all of which hate lime – you can. Grow them in pots in compost they enjoy, water them with

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