Where are you located? How did you plant it? What is your soil pH? And how have you been watering it?

It might just be some transplant shock but rhodies do take a bit of a different approach when planting so the more we know the better we can advise.

hi! thank you for your response!! i am in new jersey. i planted the last week of spring.. i used tree and shrub soil, compost, and peat moss - mixed in with the soil i dug up.. i dug a hole as deep and twice as wide, and applied a few inches of mulch after planting. a week later, i pulled back the mulch and fertilized with holly tone for azalea's and rhodie's, then put the mulch back .. don't know what the ph is but there are other rhododendrons on the property so i assumed the ph would suit them ok. and yes, lots of watering. i planted this for my parents so i am not with it but i have them water every other day. i planted 3 of them the same way and the other two seem to be doing great.. just this one has some leaf curling and some are dying off.. thanks in advance for your help..

I wouldn't have recommended using the amendments. It as been well established that amending planting holes can be detrimental to both water movement through the soil and the establishment of the root system. Rhodies have a very shallow root system made up of a mat of fine feeder roots and they cannot be planted deeply. In fact, I recommend planting high so that a portion of the rootball is slightly above grade . Mulch lightly, water well the first season and in any very dry summers (when the flowers buds are set). They do not require routine fertilization and you would have wanted to wait on that until early next spring (February) anyway.

ok, thank you.. i did a lot of reading pre planting and thought i was doing the right thing! anything i can do to help it along now? does it look to you like it needs more water?? and i did not plant deeply. root ball was a bit above ground and then the mound was made around it..

OK then...that's not going to be a huge impediment :-) And I do think that it might just be some transplant shock. Just keep it well watered. Don't allow the rootball or the surrounding soil to dry completely but also do not keep it soaking wet.

beautiful! thanks so much!!