RHODODENDRON POISONS THE SOIL, DOESN’T IT? Chinese whispers become conservation lore
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It’s a well-known fact that rhododendrons poison the soil, isn’t it? When I first heard it mentioned, in a radio programme, I asked around to find out how and why. Nobody could tell me, though they all knew it was true! Unsettled by the way this meme circulates and proliferates, unquestioned and apparently unverified, and conscious that it seemed to contradict my own observations, I resolved to hunt it down to source.
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