Re: Distorted Phlox Leaves
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- Subject: Re: Distorted Phlox Leaves
- From: M* T*
- Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2000 02:08:48 -0400
Hal,
I think the consensus is probably right. I spent a considerable time
in the wee hours searching for something that might cause this and
the only thing I came up with was herbicide damage. Anybody been
spraying in your vicinity?
Besides powdery mildew and eelworms and something called a phlox bug
on whom I could find absolutely nothing, Phlox, by and large, aren't
bothered by much. Could be a virus, but that seems odd if they have
hitherto been healthy plants.
Bambi prunes my tall Phlox regularly (would rather they didn't), but
they generally recover and bloom anyway - not the huge trusses you'd
get if they weren't pruned, but, flowers. So whack yours back and
make sure they are watered - they don't like to dry out.
Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
mtalt@clark.net
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> From: Hal Lanktree <hlanktree@home.com>
> Date: Saturday, June 03, 2000 5:07 PM
>
> I have two phlox 'Prime Minister' growing in full sun, that I moved
a few
> weeks ago. They have seemed to re-establish themselves without
missing a
> beat, but now one of them has distorted foliage at the tips of the
shoots.
> Only seem to effect the newest and smallest leaves. They are
distorted and
> curled. I can't see any evidence of insects or insect damage.
Does anyone
> recognize what might be going on? I have attached a scan of a
shoot.
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