Any advice please on whats wrong with our Choisya and how to sort it/
Whole branches dying having to be pruned out, some pale blotches on bark.
It is in a sheltered position on rich soil, been happy for some years now.
http://www.ldwilmer.pwp.blueyonder.c...%20choisya.JPG
http://www.ldwilmer.pwp.blueyonder.c...oisyaclose.JPG

very many thanks for any suggestions
laurence

On 10/10/2012 05:57 PM, lol wrote:
Any advice please on whats wrong with our Choisya and how to sort it/
Whole branches dying having to be pruned out, some pale blotches on bark.
It is in a sheltered position on rich soil, been happy for some years now.
http://www.ldwilmer.pwp.blueyonder.c...%20choisya.JPG
http://www.ldwilmer.pwp.blueyonder.c...oisyaclose.JPG


Being chewed on by slugs?

On 10/10/2012 16:57, lol wrote:
Any advice please on whats wrong with our Choisya and how to sort it/
Whole branches dying having to be pruned out, some pale blotches on bark.
It is in a sheltered position on rich soil, been happy for some years now.
http://www.ldwilmer.pwp.blueyonder.c...%20choisya.JPG
http://www.ldwilmer.pwp.blueyonder.c...oisyaclose.JPG

very many thanks for any suggestions
laurence


Sorry to say, but it may be coming to the end of its natural life. You
could try taking a cutting from the remaining green growths, or dig it
up and buy a new one - preferably to plant elsewhere.

Another possibility is cutting it right back and hoping for green shoots
in spring, but it may be slow to come back, if at all.

--
Spider
from high ground in SE London
gardening on clay

"Sacha" wrote in message
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On 2012-10-10 16:57:34 +0100, "lol"
said:

Any advice please on whats wrong with our Choisya and how to sort it/
Whole branches dying having to be pruned out, some pale blotches on bark.
It is in a sheltered position on rich soil, been happy for some years
now.
http://www.ldwilmer.pwp.blueyonder.c...%20choisya.JPG
http://www.ldwilmer.pwp.blueyonder.c...oisyaclose.JPG

very many thanks for any suggestions
laurence

Could just be old age.
--
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
http://www.helpforheroes.org.uk/

Mine used to do that to me, after several rescues I got fed up with it never
looking good and I gave up on it in the end.


--
Charlie, Gardening in Cornwall
Holders of National Collections of Clematis viticella
and Lapageria rosea cvs
http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk

Many thanks for all the replies - OK, its worn out!

Of course I was thinking "I just did that one" but actually that was in 1985
There is also a Philadelphus that seems to be dying - thank goodness for the
trees (birch, pseudoplatapus brilliantiss., eucalyptus, ozymandias, holly
and ivys that are still going strong.
Whole new subject: Planting for Permanence. a book in there for someone .
If 1985 was a long time ago, is that why my fet feel cold at night??
"lol" wrote in message
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Any advice please on whats wrong with our Choisya and how to sort it/
Whole branches dying having to be a few years agopruned out, some pale
blotches on bark.
It is in a sheltered position on rich soil, been happy for some years
now.
http://www.ldwilmer.pwp.blueyonder.c...%20choisya.JPG
http://www.ldwilmer.pwp.blueyonder.c...oisyaclose.JPG

very many thanks for any suggestions
laurence

In article ,
Janet wrote:
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Many thanks for all the replies - OK, its worn out!

Of course I was thinking "I just did that one" but actually that was in 1985

Oh dear. Like when the doctor asks you "and when did you first notice
these symptoms " and you realise, it was before he was born.

Inter alia, I teach modern Fortran to PhD students and others,
and I give a bit of its history (it started in 1954). I then
say that I started using it quite a lot later - only in 1969.
All right, I am hamming it up, but that's before some of their
parents were born :-)


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

On Wednesday, October 10, 2012 4:57:34 PM UTC+1, lol wrote:
Any advice please on whats wrong with our Choisya and how to sort it/

Whole branches dying having to be pruned out, some pale blotches on bark.

It is in a sheltered position on rich soil, been happy for some years now.

http://www.ldwilmer.pwp.blueyonder.c...%20choisya.JPG

http://www.ldwilmer.pwp.blueyonder.c...oisyaclose.JPG

Could be lack of iron, if got any old iron nails dig into soil around roots or buy iron food!!

very many thanks for any suggestions

laurence

On 24/04/2014 21:52, wrote:
On Wednesday, October 10, 2012 4:57:34 PM UTC+1, lol wrote:
Any advice please on whats wrong with our Choisya and how to sort it/

Whole branches dying having to be pruned out, some pale blotches on bark.

It is in a sheltered position on rich soil, been happy for some years now.

http://www.ldwilmer.pwp.blueyonder.c...%20choisya.JPG

http://www.ldwilmer.pwp.blueyonder.c...oisyaclose.JPG

Could be lack of iron, if got any old iron nails dig into soil around roots or buy iron food!!

very many thanks for any suggestions

laurence

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On Wednesday, October 10, 2012 4:57:34 PM UTC+1, lol wrote: