What plant is this?

[Bigdreamer9]

Hi,

Does anyone know what plant this is? Thankyou

Might need some clues. Is it evergreen? Has flowers?

Tho might hazard a guess at a rhodedendron?

Sorry, I don’t know much about gardening atall. Having our garden done and found it buried in all the shrubs we removed. It has purple flowers.

Rhododendron or azalea ?

Is it too late to be a camellia?

Its a Rhodedenron

Thankyou all, my neighbour thinks Rhododendron too. They’re poisonous to dogs so we’ll be getting rid then!

Don't throw it away. Offer it for free on your local Facebook group

Much better idea, will do. Thankyou

@Bigdreamer9

Thankyou all, my neighbour thinks Rhododendron too. They’re poisonous to dogs so we’ll be getting rid then!

Are they? I've got a couple, and a healthy 15yo dog... not sure they're problematic in practice.

A purple rhodo may be the common 'feral' type which can grow enormous and not great for wildlife so it may not be worth keeping anyway.

Is it too late to be a camellia? Not a camellia if it's purple.

@ErrolTheDragon I googled it after they mentioned they’re poisonous for dogs and it is true. We have a very naughty dog who eats/licks everything they can so in our case it’s best not to keep it.

I am surrounded by rhodos in Vancouver as they are native and grow like mad. I have never heard a dog being harmed. I agree that is likely a rhododendron. I wouldn't worry about the dog thing really.

Another vote for a rhododendron

Another one saying they are invasive - and nothing can grow beneath them since they poison the soil around them. Hybrids have this bred out of them (mostly).