Re: Problem with Ilex Meservae 'blue prince and princess"
- Subject: Re: Problem with Ilex Meservae 'blue prince and princess"
- From: n* d*
- Date: Mon, 03 Jun 2002 13:23:41 -0500
Thank you, Clare for your very helpful suggestions. I have found your posting
helpful in the past. I will keep you posted.
Nancy deGrazia
ECPep@aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 6/3/02 8:01:21 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> nsshlaes@ameritech.net writes:
>
> << often enough. Do you think I should give them a shot of Miacid now, or
> might this make the problem worse? >>
>
> Don't fertilize sick plants.
>
> Here are couple of thoughts which are from New York and may not apply to you.
> The leaves many have been in the tender stage when the freezes hit here in
> May. The plants recover from this. We have many shrubs touched by that
> freeze. The half opened lilacs were mostly all destroyed.
>
> On the Alpine list an explanation of trees and shrubs greening up and then
> dying after rodent damage or disease or borer damage is given. Apparently
> enough energy is in the plant above the base of the plant to begin spring
> growth and a later quick death occurs puzzling the gardener. Look into the
> base of the plant, dig in at least five or six inches and see if the bark or
> cambium layer is damaged.
>
> If there is a disease present, it may be active in the growth tips. If there
> are healthy buds back a few feet, you could trim back to the healthy buds and
> wait to see what happens.
>
> While you probably know the annual leaf drop on some everygreen plants comes
> all at once and you probably know your plants better any one here, it could
> happen. When the white pines drop needles here in midsummer, it looks as
> though they are all dying.
>
> If all else fails, cut a several large branches and take them to Cooperative
> Extension for diagnosis. At least you will not replant hollies in an area
> with some unusual diesease if you are informed.
>
> I am so happy that we have the hybrid blue series of hollies here that I have
> planted them all over the place. I never thought a holly with a traditional
> shaped leaf would grow in my garden until the Meserve group appeared. We had
> one outside the fence completely eaten by deer, just a little pile of sticks
> left. We put a wire enclosure around it and it recovered and is fine now.
> They are very strong plants, once established.
>
> I hope you will tell us what you find.
>
> Claie Peplowski
> NYS z4
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> To sign-off this list, send email to majordomo@hort.net with the
> message text UNSUBSCRIBE PERENNIALS
---------------------------------------------------------------------
To sign-off this list, send email to majordomo@hort.net with the
message text UNSUBSCRIBE PERENNIALS
