I keep seeing conflicting stuff online.

My main goal is having a pollinator garden/wildlife habitat for all the little butterflies and bees (the bees still scare me most of the time but I’m getting used to them) and roly polys, and bunnies and praying mantises and birds. I’m doing my best to plant primarily native plants and pollinator favorites.

I was surprised to read that rhododendrons are bad for pollinators. I have two small azaleas, and it seems like every other house in my neighborhood has a big old rhododendron in their front yard. I looked on Google for more info on this and found some sites that say they’re bad because they’re not native to North America, and I guess their nectar gets the bees drunk and then they get pulled over by the cops for flying drunk on their way home (at least I’m assuming that’s what happens). But then I found other sites that said they’re fine in moderation and that they provide valuable nectar to butterflies.

My azaleas are very small, as I said. Like I swear they haven’t grown in the two years since I got them. The biggest one is probably the size of a basketball 😆

But I don’t want to get the bees drunk. So do I rip them out or not? Honestly I wouldn’t even miss them since they don’t want to grow.