Re: columbines (formerly mums)

VBouffard@aol.com wrote:
> 
> What's wrong with your columbines?

They have little brown flecks on them, leaves, stems, flowers and
buds.  Leaves start to curl and dry up.  When I first noticed it,
the plants were covered with a fuzzy white coating, like a
cottonwood tree had shed all over them.  

The local nursery recommended a fungicide, and I dosed them, but
I lost the red/yellow one anyway.  It just shriveled up and
died.  The white one seems resistant, it's still budding and
blooming though it's still got some brown flecks all over it.  

I had three at the beginning of spring, but the third one
shriveled and died a few weeks after it came up.  Bought another
one yesterday, and thought I'd plant it somewhere else until the
white one is healthy.  

Was it really a fungus?  Nursery lady guessed it was grey mold. 
I was so bummed. I love columbines. This is the first garden I've
ever been able to grow them in, and these are/were my very first
plants.  Thanks for your interest!

Sharon
zone 5 Kansas


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