It's certainly autumnal here in August, apart from last year and the one before. You can feel the change usually in the first week or so, although the last few days have been very humid. Our schools go back on Wednesday @steephill, so that's when we'll get the good weather!
I think the plant is probably just a bit dry, rather than it shutting down though, although when there's very hot/dry conditions, many plants start showing signs of autumn, but it's due to stress rather than it actually being autumnal weather. Always more likely in a pot anyway. Trees in particular, can show signs of autumnal dormancy when it's like that, simply due to the conditions not being right for them to continue supporting their canopies/fruits well enough.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
IT IS NOT AUTUMN...IT IS SUMMER! On a totally unrelated subject my birch are definitely on the turn. My hostas are still big and plump with half dead flowers but that's here so your hosta, maybe, maybe not.
Thank you all very much for your thoughts. I removed the Hosta from its pot yesterday, no sign of pests or disease and although the soil at the bottom was damp, the rest was rather dry. I removed all the dying foliage, divided it in two and potted both plants in fresh compost/JI3 mix, plus a good watering! By coincidence the tree alongside the pot, a Whitebeam, has gone into autumnal mode too with leaf browning and drop. I think you're right @Fairygirl, it's most likely to be lack of water that has put them in stress mode. (Autumn doesn't start here until September either!)
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Our schools go back on Wednesday @steephill, so that's when we'll get the good weather!
I think the plant is probably just a bit dry, rather than it shutting down though, although when there's very hot/dry conditions, many plants start showing signs of autumn, but it's due to stress rather than it actually being autumnal weather. Always more likely in a pot anyway.
Trees in particular, can show signs of autumnal dormancy when it's like that, simply due to the conditions not being right for them to continue supporting their canopies/fruits well enough.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
On a totally unrelated subject my birch are definitely on the turn. My hostas are still big and plump with half dead flowers but that's here so your hosta, maybe, maybe not.