Japanese anemone disease ID
Jamie678
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Hi all,
I’ve been reviewing what went wrong in my garden last year in preparation for this year and I’m hoping someone can help me get to the bottom of a plant disease that had me worried.
I received some Japanese anemone plants from a relative two years ago which had prominent yellow spot pattern on the leaves. I thought it was a deficiency in their garden and that the plants would be healthier in my garden with new soil. But the well grown in plants still had this pattern on some of its leaves throughout last year. Some leaves then developed brown crispy patches as well. I was mostly worried about it being a virus and it spreading to other plants, but I didn’t throw it away.
I later noticed yellow spots on some of my annuals I grew from seed that had a yellow spotted pattern with distorted leaves as well. It was not exactly the same as the anemones but similar and not an obvious deficiency or something. I got worried and binned the annuals. Shall I get rid of the anemones too? I don’t like having sick looking plants and would rather not risk it spreading this year too, assuming they’re related and that was happened last year.
I’ve attached an image of the Japanese anemone leaves. I have some pictures of the annuals too but don’t want to make the attachments too large. The ID on the Japanese anemone issue is what I’d like help with please.
Thanks in advance for any help
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You could remove all of last year's foliage and any on the ground around it and see what the new leaves look like when they appear soon.
If it is a virus, then there is no treatment, but it may not affect other plants and may not even harm you anemone other than it's appearance.
Dry soil can also cause sort-of similar looking leaves, and after all the rain we've had recently the plant won't be dry so if new leaves look the same, a virus is most likely candidate.
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