Re: dulcinea's heart and mine

Well, I dug it up. Re Daryl's mention of soil moisture, that aspect seemed ideal. It wasn't wet, wasn't dry - seemed just right. Mulch was only perhaps a half in thick. Roots were nice and white, nothing appeared rotted. The base is solid and woody. I had planted a dwarf Amsonia next to it at the same time last year and it is doing beautifully. I potted what is left of it up; removed all the dying material. We'll wait and see. 
Gosh, I wanna order another one really bad.

Kitty
neIN, Zone 5
----- Original Message ----- From: "Donna" <gossiper@sbcglobal.net> 
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Sent: Saturday, June 06, 2009 9:17 AM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] dulcinea's heart and mine



Based on  the pictures... it's gonna die if you don't do something.
If it were mine, I would dig it up, wash all the dirt off the roots, repot it 
in a pot with fresh good soil, if I didn't see what was causing this by
digging it up and looking at the roots. (maybe some critter is eating the root shoots?) I would also get my joy dishsoap out, deluted with water, and spray the heck out of it and leave it in the shade for a few hours, then rinse it 
off....
Sometime I have success doing this, sometimes it kills it within 24 hours.... 

other thoughts-   Have you fertilized in that area and it got too much
recently?  Definately looks like something soil/root issue as it is dieing
from the ground up.....or maybe it is too wet of an area?

I am sure someone else will have a better suggestion than me....

Donna


--- On Sat, 6/6/09, Kitty <kmrsy@comcast.net> wrote:


From: Kitty <kmrsy@comcast.net>
Subject: Re: [CHAT] dulcinea's heart and mine
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Date: Saturday, June 6, 2009, 9:48 AM


Maybe, but I don't recall, Donna.  Here are some pics:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/kmrsy/
I don't like Flicker, not as easy as yahoo photos was. If that link doesn't 
take you directly to the pics of the snapdragon, click on the set tiltled
"befuddled".

Kitty
neIN, Zone 5
----- Original Message ----- From: "Donna" <gossiper@sbcglobal.net>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Saturday, June 06, 2009 7:37 AM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] dulcinea's heart and mine
Did you ever have issues with Verticillium Wilt near where this is planted? Although this is more of a tree/shrub issue, according to Kemper, it lists 
this for that plant.
http://www.mobot.org/gardeninghelp/PlantFinder/Plant.asp?code=C851

Feel lucky you enjoyed it for 2 seasons.  A few years ago a garden center
around here was selling a similair one claiming to be hardy.  I didn't

believe

it, but the sale was on so I tried it.  Didn't over winter for me.

Donna




--- On Fri, 6/5/09, Kitty <kmrsy@comcast.net> wrote:


From: Kitty <kmrsy@comcast.net>
Subject: [CHAT] dulcinea's heart and mine
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Date: Friday, June 5, 2009, 8:17 PM


are broken.
I ordered zone 5 hardy varieties of Antirrhinum, Mirabilis, and Pelargonium 
last year from HCG, not sure I believed their promises.  The Pel just

didn't

feel at home, limped along, and gave up.  The Mirabilis had a weak start,
survived, no flowers, but managed. It came back hale and hearty this year, 
so

I am hoping for flowers.

But it was the hardy snap, 'Dulcinea's Heart', that blew me away.  She
bloomed, never stopping, from May until October.  On New Year's she was

still

green.  By spring, the thick crown was battered and brown, but she put

forth
new growth quickly when the weather warmed. She is covered in blooms! But 
she's withering fast recently.  Her leaves droop and she is dying quickly
now.  It's so sad.  I don't think she'll last much longer.

Anyone have any idea what could be happening?
Kitty
neIN, Zone 5
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