In my experience, black almost certainly means too wet whilst floppy means weakened growth. It may recover if given time and nurtured carefully but check it in daylight. If the discolouration is black spots, rather than die back (when the plant just looks dead and shrivelled) then it might be Shab, a fungal disease and you should bin the plant.
It's been forced under cover, so it has flowered early and produced soft green growth that is not ready for our spring weather.
It really annoys be that you find wonderful looking plants for sale in early spring, such as hellerborus niger with flowers on tall 6" stems, and you think they must be a new strain. when they flower the following spring they are just like ordinary Christmas roses. It's deceitful trickery by the horticultural trade.
My English Lavender flower stems have split length ways and twisted so the flowers are distorted and are pointing sideways or downwards. Is this caused by the recent heavy rain and temperature changes do you think?
AnnetteB I'm finding the same, especially the taller varieties that are more delicate. We haven't had hardly enough sun either. What a rubbish summer so far, everything is soggy, flattened and slug ridden
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The black floppy plant is dead, I'm afraid, it won't recover.
Sun room - yes, as long as it isn't heated. You want a cool room.
In my experience, black almost certainly means too wet whilst floppy means weakened growth. It may recover if given time and nurtured carefully but check it in daylight. If the discolouration is black spots, rather than die back (when the plant just looks dead and shrivelled) then it might be Shab, a fungal disease and you should bin the plant.
Ops sorry Alina...I keep posting at the same time as you with my impatience to help
It's just great minds thinking alike, Wintersong
Anyway, you're saying different things, so we're both useful
It's been forced under cover, so it has flowered early and produced soft green growth that is not ready for our spring weather.
It really annoys be that you find wonderful looking plants for sale in early spring, such as hellerborus niger with flowers on tall 6" stems, and you think they must be a new strain. when they flower the following spring they are just like ordinary Christmas roses. It's deceitful trickery by the horticultural trade.
I bought a lavender last year and keep it in a pot by the back door, it has flower buds, is this too early. Should I remove them?
No. If the plant has produced them without being forced under glass they are fine.
Thanks, I was just a bit confused.
My English Lavender flower stems have split length ways and twisted so the flowers are distorted and are pointing sideways or downwards. Is this caused by the recent heavy rain and temperature changes do you think?
AnnetteB I'm finding the same, especially the taller varieties that are more delicate. We haven't had hardly enough sun either. What a rubbish summer so far, everything is soggy, flattened and slug ridden