Re: Echinops
- Subject: Re: Echinops
- From: M* T*
- Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2001 02:54:49 -0400
Hmmm...it's not aphids that my Echinops gets but some kind of leaf
disease that blackens the lower leaves - and sometimes more - about
flowering time. Always assumed it was my humid climate and the fact
that mine are not in full sun that caused it and turned a blind (sort
of) eye to it.
Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
mtalt@clark.net
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> From: Louise <louise@the-english-family.freeserve.co.uk>
> I've had exactly the same experience. This year, my Echinops ritro
is
> flowering beautifully, but has been terribly distorted before. I
thought
> last year it was right next to a Philadelphus that is always
covered in
> blackfly - well, the Philadelphus is this year but the Echinops
isn't. But
> in previous years I have used the hose to shower off the blackfly,
this year
> I didn't. Perhaps in the past they just flew straight over to the
Echinops.
>
> Louise, Surrey, England
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