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Nan wrote:
>Hi everyone!  I am sorry to report that I lost my anisodontea this week.
>It gave no warning, just one day the leaves started to droop  so I deep
>watered it and the next day the leaves were all yellow as well as droopy.
>I fear it is a goner.  It has been in the ground for nearly a year and had
>grown from a 2 1/2 ft 1 gallon size to over 6 feet tall.  The plants around
>it (veronica, calla, pelargonium) are doing just fine, there was no  change
>in watering and the gophers didn't get it....  what happened???

This happened to me a year or so back.  I was growing both Anisodontea
capensis and A. julii and both 'keeled-over' in a matter of days.
This corresponded with some particularly hot, humid weather and
although both plants were only in their second year, therefore being
comparatively healthy, they quickly turned yellow and died.  This
year, I have the same species, in the same positions together with a
home raised hybrid between the two, and they are all thriving despite
near 'rain forest-type' conditions that nearly did for all of my
medi-style plants a week or so ago.

I would give it another try Nan, the good thing about them is that
they are very fast growing and can easily be replaced in a very short
time.  I was never a great fan of this genus until I grew some fairly
large (6ft.+ specimens) and then realised how floriferous they can be.
They are extremely popular with bees over here and during the day
time, the bushes are constantly surrounded with clouds of these
insects.

David  Poole
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