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Pyracantha
florafanatic
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This year my Pyracantha (atlantoides) was thriving at last. It bloomed well,and I was looking forward to lots of bright red berries to cheer up the winter months. However although the plants seem healthy overall as I have improved the drainage, and the berries were forming, now I notice the berries are discoloured and withering. There are also one or two black spots on leaves but very minor. I wondered if it could be black spot. We have had a very wet cold summer. Any advice?
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Could be pyracantha scab.
https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?PID=265
I read that link. I think you are right it fits the description. Just my luck. I am really fed up with constant battle against diseases. If its not disease it's snails,slugs, earwigs,squirrels,or foxes. Having a bad day sorry, and thanks for your help.
Mine has it this year too - berries look blackened and awful. Shame as the flowers were lovely in spring and it's looked very healthy until now. I guess is the dry spring/summer as lots of my plants are suffering with disease, yellowing leaves and poor growth so I know how you feel!
Thank you for your kind words of support. I'll just give the plants extra TLC this autumn and trim away all the affected bits.
Thank you Florafanatic, think we have discovered whats wrong with my Pyracantha too! Only planted it this year, started healthy and just dropped its leaves, berries withered etc! My mother said it was impossible to kill a pyracantha so I was thinking I'd achieved the impossible! So its not me....its fungus! Best of luck with it!
yes good luck to you too WonkyWomble. I had admired pyracantha in other gardens and planted 4 plants of the red berry variety about three years ago as the literature I read said it was tolerant of heavy soil. Well it started off really poorly and I reckoned it needed better drainage so dug in lots of grit and compost, and this year the growth a was very good. Sad about the fungus this year! I think some berries may survive.There's always next year!
Wonky, if that's the problem with yours, I'll have a rummage and see if I can find the receipt - it's only a few weeks since we bought that - they can give you another one - we'll tell them Verdun says so!!!
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
To be honest Dove, thank you but I don't want another.....gonna replace it with something else, doesn't look right in that spot anyway, guess the garden was telling me so!
it's put me off pyracantha for life!
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.