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Pontellia

nicismith787OyJT6daUnicismith787OyJT6daU Posts: 9
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Hello can you please advise after last years wet winter bush was huge green and healthy in oct 2022 however come spring our very established pontellia looked dead not just as it does in winter so i gave it a very hard Pune in spring. There is green when bark is cut scratched however not a single leaf or branch has started to grow back. Is it dead or is it just not going to show any growth until next year. I have posted photos from oct 2022 and one from now for your reference. I am doing major work in the garden and dont want to have to dig it up after this is done so would rather be able to dig up now if it is dead so as not to ruin the soil amendment 12” and new plants i am adding around it. Many thanks Nici 
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  • nicismith787OyJT6daUnicismith787OyJT6daU Posts: 9
    In addition to original question for further info Here is the present photo you can just see the hard pruned pontellia pruned 23rd may with no signs of growth behind the yellow rose. It’s had feed, carrs soil improver which contains manure and worm compost to name a few things but no signs of growth as you can see it was healthy in Oct 2022 and had been for many years before that 
  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,618
    Your Potentilla is dead.  It would probably come out with a good pull.
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    edited August 2023
    I agree. It is no more. Potentillas are very tough, so something serious has happened if it's died so easily.
    I'm not entirely sure that's a potentilla though. It looks like something else but I can't remember the name.
    Is the rose ok? Has it been there a while @nicismith787OyJT6daU? 
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    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Is it a Coronilla? They aren't particularly hardy if it is. 
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039
    Agree it is dead. Also agree that it does not look like a Potentilla.
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  • EustaceEustace Posts: 2,290
    Looks like a coronilla citrina.
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  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    It looks like coronilla to me too. Not fully hardy so if you had the same cold snap as we had in early December last year, that might have done for it. I had one once but when it died I didn't bother with another one.
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  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    That's the one - I could see some pea shaped flowers. They don't survive here in any winter, so I vaguely recognised it, but I've never bothered with it.  :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,618
    The labels on the second photo appear to say Potentilla on one and yellow bush on the other.  I agree that the leaves don't look like a potentilla.  However what is was is fairly irrelevant. Its dead.
  • nicismith787OyJT6daUnicismith787OyJT6daU Posts: 9
    It has survived at least ten winters and hasn’t been treated any different to any other year.fairy girl  All the other plants in the bed are thriving. As was the bush in October when the healthy photo was taken come spring it was brown however as i stated when cut the inside is green. Thanks
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