Re: perennials DIGEST V3 #223


>>I have Buddleia "Black Knight" which is about 3.5 feet tall now.  For
>>several weeks something has been nibbling holes in the leaves leaving
>>them quite lacy looking.  It seems to be upper leaves rather than lowere
>>ones.  The first culprits that occured to me are slugs but periodic checks
>>have reavealed none - and would they crawl up to the top to eat holes
>>within the leaf rather than eating leaves closer to the ground and
>>startin on the leaf edges?  In fact, there is no sign of anybody.
>>So, what do you all think?  Who's eating my Buddleia and shoudl I do
>>anything about it?

FYI, slugs usually eat leaves from the outside in, so they don't make lacy
leaves as much as they make sculpted leaves.  If the holes are in the
center of the leaves, it might be some kind of beetle or???

Nan
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Nan Sterman
San Diego County California
Sunset zone 24, USDA hardiness zone 10b or 11

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