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Choisya Ternata Sundance

MeomyeMeomye Posts: 949
in Problem solving
I planted one of these last year but it is looking very poorly (getting paler). I have had others for years that are doing fine. I have just read that they are not particularly fond of alkaline soil (which I have) but as I say, I have never had a problem before. Should I give it a feed or something? t i a

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  • BijdezeeBijdezee Posts: 1,484
    edited April 2021
    I've had the same with mine. They say it likes full sun but I think it's getting sun bleached so I've moved it and taken a cutting in the event of the shrub not surviving the move. If this doesn't work then I'm giving up on them. I have neutral/slightly acid soil but I have the same problem. 

    Yours is new so moving it might work. 
  • KeenOnGreenKeenOnGreen Posts: 1,831
    Ours always gets very pale at this time of year.  It’ll look more healthy after it flowers.  I don’t worry about it, I think they are tougher than they look.  
  • BijdezeeBijdezee Posts: 1,484
    @KeenOnGreen., mine then goes brown on those pale parts and looks horrible, I have to cut them off and so it never flowers. Moving it was its last chance. I've grown them before in a less sunny spot and it flowered OK without this problem. Just hate the sight of it like that. 
  • KT53KT53 Posts: 9,016
    Ours took a couple of years to establish and I thought it was going to die.  Now it is going strong.
  • MeomyeMeomye Posts: 949
    Thanks for replies everyone, I will be patient and see what happens, so no feeding required then?
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