Something wrong with the care if it happened overnight as @celcius_kkw says
That's not a lack of water over one night. The plant is needing a new pot and/or new soil to thrive. It also would be better in a more shady spot to help it cope. Long exposure to full sun very quickly affects all sorts of plants in pots, even if they like sun.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Some people have no idea how much water is needed to give a large plant at good watering’ Not their fault ... no one has shown them. Also a lot of people don’t realise that once a pot full of compost has dried out it needs to be immersed in water in order to absorb water again.
Good luck.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I think that's what's happened in this instance @Dovefromabove
I think there was a query recently when the person thought they were overwatering as the water they put in was coming straight out the bottom, so they thought the plant had too much. It was simply because it had become completely dried out, and water was running through it. I can't remember if they managed to get it rehydrated though
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
It's something you just learn by experience. Anything in a decent sized pot, in the kind of conditions we're having [even here] will probably need watering every day. If the soil is dry when you stick a finger in the top inch or so, it probably needs a bit of a top up. An inch of water will travel down about 9 inches/22 -ish cm. If foliage is looking wilted, it needs a water.
Anything which likes damp conditions most the time will struggle to stay well enough hydrated, but moving it into a shadier spot will help as the moisture won't evaporate so quickly. The medium you plant in is also relevant. That's why compost alone, especially a MPC, isn't enough for anything staying in a pot long term.
When you water, the water should visibly get absorbed. If it runs through and the top still looks dry, that's the situation @Dovefromabove and I are talking about. The compost is too dry, and the water just runs through gaps and airholes. If that happens, you need to submerge the pot in water until it gets dampened, or put it in a tray or saucer, water it well, and then let it sit until it absorbs all the water in the tray.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I had a similar problem with 3 pots of fuchsias two years ago, after leaving them in the care of a friend for just 4 days. For some reason, she watered all my pots but forgot to water the fuchsias.
As I didn't have a container large enough into which I could submerge them, and after trying to revive them with a few drops of washing up liquid added to the water, which simply poured out of the pots as if through a sieve, I phoned my sister in law; she suggested "soaked washing up sponges on the surface of the compost and added ice cubes".
It sounded rather odd but, very slowly, it worked!
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That's not a lack of water over one night. The plant is needing a new pot and/or new soil to thrive. It also would be better in a more shady spot to help it cope. Long exposure to full sun very quickly affects all sorts of plants in pots, even if they like sun.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Not their fault ... no one has shown them. Also a lot of people don’t realise that once a pot full of compost has dried out it needs to be immersed in water in order to absorb water again.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I think there was a query recently when the person thought they were overwatering as the water they put in was coming straight out the bottom, so they thought the plant had too much. It was simply because it had become completely dried out, and water was running through it. I can't remember if they managed to get it rehydrated though
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
@Fairygirl
@Dovefromabove
So maybe I have just not been giving it enough?
I have always found it hard to gage to be honest!
I have my Mother in Law's voice in my head going - don't overwater!!!
Is there a trick to know how much is just right? I'd love to learn...
Anything in a decent sized pot, in the kind of conditions we're having [even here] will probably need watering every day. If the soil is dry when you stick a finger in the top inch or so, it probably needs a bit of a top up. An inch of water will travel down about 9 inches/22 -ish cm.
If foliage is looking wilted, it needs a water.
Anything which likes damp conditions most the time will struggle to stay well enough hydrated, but moving it into a shadier spot will help as the moisture won't evaporate so quickly.
The medium you plant in is also relevant. That's why compost alone, especially a MPC, isn't enough for anything staying in a pot long term.
When you water, the water should visibly get absorbed. If it runs through and the top still looks dry, that's the situation @Dovefromabove and I are talking about. The compost is too dry, and the water just runs through gaps and airholes. If that happens, you need to submerge the pot in water until it gets dampened, or put it in a tray or saucer, water it well, and then let it sit until it absorbs all the water in the tray.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
As I didn't have a container large enough into which I could submerge them, and after trying to revive them with a few drops of washing up liquid added to the water, which simply poured out of the pots as if through a sieve, I phoned my sister in law; she suggested "soaked washing up sponges on the surface of the compost and added ice cubes".
It sounded rather odd but, very slowly, it worked!
Actually, I use ice cubes to help the carpet return to normal when I move furniture about. I shall now use them on my dried out pots too!