On Thu, 28 Jun 2007 08:30:19 -0700, La Puce
wrote:

On 27 Jun, 18:16, Chris Hogg wrote:
I have an evergreen agapanthus (Storm Cloud or Dark Storm, got both,
can't remember which this is), planted a couple of years ago. It is
not doing very well, and in particular, this year many of the older
leaves have gone a dark dirty purple over the last few months. It had
a little Growmore in the spring, but otherwise it's been left to its
own devices. See
http://i12.tinypic.com/5xetyix.jpght...om/6csbqk3.jpg
Any suggestions as to what is happening?

They are usually disease free but don't like wet conditions. Have you
had much rain lately?! Have you first noticed some black spots and
then the whole leaves turned black? If yes, it's rot.

No, it's not rot. Soil is well drained, and recently we've had less
rain than most. The purple leaves are quite wholesome and show no
signs of decay as such. Other agapanthus varieties that I have go
really mushy when they rot, after a frost gets them for example. These
purple leaves been developing over several months.


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Chris

E-mail: christopher[dot]hogg[at]virgin[dot]net