Newish Rhododendron Help

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Hi, my DF grew a rhododendron for me from a cutting of one from his garden just before he died 2 yrs ago.

It has grown and I've recently repotted it but it doesn't look great, does seem to be a good shape and never had a bud or flower. It's in ericaceous compost, is there anything I should be doing, does it need a good cut into a shape or is it a lost cause?

Thanks in advance for any advice.

Hopefull bump....

I’m notoriously bad at keeping acid-loving plants alive, but my many (many) hours of googling how to rescue them has generally said that yellow leaves means the plant needs more iron.

I’d give it a feed of blood fish and bone, even if it’s not what is causing the yellowing it won’t do any harm (as long as you don’t go totally nuts with it).

My rhododendron started yellowing and didn’t flower one year and it was because I didn’t feed it. I got some food for rhododendron and camelias and the leaves turned darker and the following year it had loads of flowers.
the compost will lose some of the nutrients as time goes on so it’ll need regular feeding.
good luck. I’m hoping mine survives moving house! It’s rather magnificent at the moment.

Thank you both, I'll give it a good feed and keep my fingers crossed 🤞

Yes, get rhododendron/azalea feed. This should include ferrous sulfate which obviously adds iron but also acidifies