Picture of my Problem plants.

Justme · Post by **Justme** » May 28, 2006 7:48 pm

I don't see any discoloration, but both of these are back 1/2 to 1/4 their previous sizes! And have funny looking leaves. HVX or Stress?

Tami

Justme · Post by **Justme** » May 28, 2006 7:51 pm

S&S was eating the other plants around it last two summers. Planed to redo bed and move the Fragrant Bouquet and Night Before X-mas further out this year. Not necessary now. There also was a Gold Standard behind the NBC that was the size of the ? Green/white. Came back with one eye this year.

Tami

viktoria · Post by **viktoria** » May 29, 2006 12:28 pm

The green and white looks like 'Night Before Christmas".

Justme · Post by **Justme** » May 29, 2006 9:07 pm

The other Green and White one.

Tami

Post by **Chris_W** » May 30, 2006 8:41 am

Hi Tami,

The plants look like they suffered from drought last year, or possibly the crowns are exposed or too close to the surface so may have dried over the winter.

Are they under the eaves of the house so the rain doesn't always get to them? I've seen this before and found that the soil there was extremely dry. Plants like Sum and Substance need a ton of water to get big and keep their size. It could have been possible for water to miss the ones in the back. I don't have any reason to suspect HVX, especially since it doesn't make the plants decline, just discolor and grow funny, but they still grow.

Mary Ann · Post by **Mary Ann** » May 30, 2006 9:30 am

Another possibility may be lime leaching from the concrete foundation, It's a stretch but maybe some acid reducers and peat moss would help.

Justme · Post by **Justme** » May 30, 2006 8:21 pm

That could be it! Thanks for the advice, glad to know I don't have to destroy my plants. I will increase the H2O and add peat to soil. That would also explain why I have a few spots that I can't get anything to grow. Under eaves and near a new foundation!

Thanks, Tami