V sovremennykh usloviyakh menyayushchegosya klimata dostatochno slozhno kul'tivirovat' rododendrony, trebuyushchie povyshennogo uvlazhneniya pochvy i vozdukha. Dannye vysoko dekorativnye rasteniya nuzhdayutsya v tshchatel'nom ukhode s soblyudeniem opredelennykh agrotekhnicheskikh priemov. Vechnozelenye i listopadnye rododendrony otlichayutsya raznoobraziem okraski tsvetka, razmerom, formoy kusta, otnosheniem k svetu i vlage. Rezul'taty issledovaniy mogut byt' polezny ekologam, biologam, sadovodam-lyubitelyam i shirokomu krugu chitateley.