On Saturday, 5 January 2013 18:27:14 UTC, Janet wrote:
Not sure Rod but i do know that the plant can very suddenly turn up its

toes for no apparent reason. One friend had a wonderful plant that had

been flowering for several years and was actually getting quite large,

then last year it just suddenly died. No suckers on it though.



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Janet T.

Amersham

Thanks Janet,
I wonder if that was a grafted plant, though usually with any grafted plants it's the scion that dies and the rootstock continues to grow, so that would look like suckers.
Plants turning up their toes for no obvious reason is something that's happened to me at work and at home a few times over the years, something you usually won't get to the bottom of without the help of a proper post mortem by a switched on plant pathologist. That's not to put anyone off doing their own investigations as far as their knowledge and observation can take them..
Obviously if there's a chance of being affected by one of the current 'plague of the month' nasties then fuller investigation may be needed.


Rod