"Sacha" wrote in message
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On 28/4/07 16:53, in article ,
"Beeblebrox" wrote:

Hi all!

The wife bought this plant 3 years ago and it was fine the first year.
Small
blue flowers/yellow stamens flowering late spring. We live in south wales
valleys.

The plant is now about 2 ft high/wide and is in garden facing south and
west.

It now has some dead braches with dried up brown leaves. However there
are
green leaves on some stems branching from the dead looking areas.

Much of the bush looks healthy and we've cut some dead stuff away.
Further
dead areas have appeared so I suspect some disease is present.
Surrounding
plants don't seem to be affected.

Can anyone suggest the reasons for the problem and perhaps a cure? Or
should
we just give it up as not worth pursuit?

They're usually pretty disease free though they're said to be susceptible
to
honey fungus which I hope you haven't got! This sends out sort of black
boot laces under the soil and particularly likes old, diseased wood.
http://tinyurl.com/35ejel
You say other plants look okay but in the last few years have any suddenly
collapsed and died?
The other question is, have you pruned it hard back at any time because
they
don't like that much.



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Thanks Sacha for the quick response!

The only pruning it's had is to remove the dead bits and we've not seen
anything like the honey fungus (I've looked at the link). Nothing has died
in the garden either.

The mystery continues...

Beeb