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Q: Most of my Rhoeo are very healthy but some are very pale and washed out. Wendy - Red Hill

A: Rhoeo are very hardy, very drought resistant plants – BUT, a hard and compacted soil can affect their growth. This is probably your problem.

There can often be isolated hard and compacted bits of soil within a very small area. Poke a fork through your clump of rhoeo, loosen the soil, and give the clump a heavy watering just once.

Do that to your whole clump, and not just to the yellowing, ‘washed out’ section. You should solve your problem.

Gardening answers provided by Bob Dobbs, Curator of Roma Street Parkland

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