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Please help - garden plants dying
MIke Whorley
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Hi,
I've been looking after garden plants for about 20years wth no real issues but this year have lost several plants / bushes and even a small tree. I'm no expert but i'm wondering if this plant that spread everywhere in our garden is the culprit ? We've removed most of it but maybe it was too late and it has poisoned most of the plants in its vicinity ?
Here is the latest plant to appear to be on it's way out - can we do anything to save it ?
Really appreciate any help here guys.
Thanks,
Mike.
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Is there any pattern to where these shrubs and trees are dieing? If it seems to be spreading along a border or radiating out from a point like the dead tree, it could be Honey fungus. I hope not.
Have next door been spraying anything in there garden.
I think that's Euphorbia robbiae which may swamp smaller plants but doesn't poison them.
In the sticks near Peterborough
The plants seem to dying in various parts of the back garden so this should eliminate any spraying but i will ask him.
If you imagine the borders of our garden to be an 'n' then we've lost plants on both sides and the hedge (leylandi) is showing sings on poor health.
Longer extensions along the fence are all part of the same 'healthy' shrub, to me it could be the parts furthest from the roots are dying off first. This shrub has taken years to cover the fence and gives us the privacy from next door so desperate not to loose it.
Thanks again for any advice.
Think you guys are correct - looks like the variant "Mrs. Robb’s Bonnet"
Yes, that's the one.
Do you know the history of your piece of ground? Mine was used as a dump for years and there are some areas where things just won't grow. They might start, but then go yellow and die.
And are they all woody things that have died or have herbaceous plants died as well?
In the sticks near Peterborough
I don't know what it's been like where you live but I've been watering my garden on and off for months, it's been so dry although cold. It rained twice recently but only 10mm total.
Hi there,
Finally I have found a thread for the same issue that I am facing. I think after this and googling, I now have honey fungus (growing out of a dead tree!) and also maybe phytophthora.
I have had bushes plants and trees (some 40 feet tall) die back over the last 2-3 years. Maybe 20 or more so far...... It seems to be gaining momentum as what ever this is, reaping havoc across my garden, relentless. My garden is 20 metres by 20 metres and it seems to be everywhere.
It is a mature garden that i inherited when bought the house....it was lovely, varied with some amazing specimens....also expensive!! slowly being devastated. What do I do, I can see it killing more every week, more things wilting. Currently its taking down a 40 foot pine needle tree. Last month a 40 foot wall paper tree fell over (ruined root system) and crashed into my glass conservatory.
Please help!?
Adam