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Problem with my plants

moyamackay1moyamackay1 Posts: 3
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Hello!  Can anyone tell me why my lovely Erigeron Karvinskianus Mexican Fleabane have flattened?   It’s as though a cat or fox has been sleeping in the middle!


 

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  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Maybe it has😊
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • PlantmindedPlantminded Posts: 3,580
    If you had rain like we did yesterday, that's a possible cause!  When they reach a certain size, typically when in flower, these plants like to spread out by cascading, becoming flatter in the process. 
    Wirral. Sandy, free draining soil.


  • moyamackay1moyamackay1 Posts: 3
    Thanks.   That’s a shame as they look very unattractive now😕
  • GardenerSuzeGardenerSuze Posts: 5,692
    @moyamackay1 I think they will be fine, they grow in my path and get walked on, yes they get a little squashed but they have seeded there and I love them
    I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
  • PianoplayerPianoplayer Posts: 624
    You can also give them a hair cut and they will bounce back!
  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    Mine is pretty flat except where it's leaning against a wall. I think it's just what they do.
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • moyamackay1moyamackay1 Posts: 3
    Hmmmmmm!   Not impressed!
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