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Hi All Have just had to throw away my Mom's rhodendron due to some kind of disease. There was no new grow from last year, all the leaves had gone brown and there were some milky coloured grubs in the soil (I think they were some type of weevil). Has anyone else experienced this or does anyone know what it might have been? (The plant was only about 5 years old and was grown in the right type of...