soil for escallonia rubra maracantha
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Posted: Sun May 11, 2014 8:42 pm Post subject: |
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Escallonia will grow in most soils so I would not be too concerned. |
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Posted: Sun May 11, 2014 8:44 pm Post subject: |
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I have no idea about soil requirements, but I do know that my entire escallonia hedge now has a fungal disease which causes it to lose its leaves in the autumn.
http://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?pid=108
I hope your shrub stays healthy. |
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Posted: Tue May 13, 2014 10:39 pm Post subject: |
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Sive wrote: | I have no idea about soil requirements, but I do know that my entire escallonia hedge now has a fungal disease which causes it to lose its leaves in the autumn.
http://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?pid=108
I hope your shrub stays healthy. | there must be some solution for that |
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Sive Rank attained: Chlorophyll for blood
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Posted: Wed May 14, 2014 8:15 am Post subject: |
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Only if I'm prepared to spray the whole thing every year, and as I avoid using chemicals it's not an option. The strange thing is the shrubs are still growing fine, put on fresh leaves each year and flower as they should. But instead of retaining their leaves over the winter, the leaves start to get little black spots on them in late summer/autumn and start to drop off. I have started to interplant with other shrubs and may eventually just develop a mixed hedge instead. |
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