On Thu, 28 Jun 2007 22:37:52 +0100, Sacha
wrote:

Chris, I suggest you contact Bowden Hostas, one of the National Collection
Holders: http://www.bowdenhostas.com/
I asked Ray for his opinion and it's a new one on him. *Everyone* has had a
lot of rain lately, so if that were the cause, we'd hear about it from a lot
of urglers. All I can tell you is that here in the very wet but warmish SW,
our evergreen Ags are green, healthy and budding. In the meantime, could
yours have been 'caught' by some spray or other or even by a sudden cold
snap?

Thanks for the thoughts, but I don't think it's spray, although a cold
snap in the early spring is a possibility. Like yours, my other ags
are all healthy and budding up, although there are lots in flower in
west Cornwall, but not yet in my garden.

My own thinking is towards something in the soil. When I was creating
flowerbeds out of the large expanse of poor quality lawn, it was
apparent that in the distant past, a previous owner had used some
places for burning general rubbish: digging the soil would bring up
black ash, burnt earth, bits of old torch batteries and fine copper
wire (one previous owner was a GPO engineer). It wouldn't surprise me
if my agapanthus is sitting on one of these and has got its roots down
into some contaminated soil. I'll see how it progresses, and if it
doesn't improve, I'll try moving it, washing the roots at the same
time.


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Chris

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