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| I have a black bugbane that seems to be distressed. The leaves are deforming. I've looked carefully and can't see any bugs or fungus. Can anyone tell me how deep rooted this plant is? I have heavy clay and although I dug up and amended the soil I'm wondering if it's trying to go down farther than the foot or so that I amended the soil to.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. :) Crystal |
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- Posted by ken_adrian z5 (My Page) on Fri, Jul 1, 11 at 19:27
| it will put roots where it wants its roots ... do not dig it up again ... otherwise.. w/o a picture.. its near impossible to help you ... deformed leaves can mean a just about anything ... ken |
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| I have a couple of Cimicifuga/Actea/Bugbane. The darker ones are in more than half shade and I haven't had problems with them. I have one green one that I got at an end of year sale. The first two years it was in full sun and the leaves deformed and then it died down. I was planning to shovel prune it, but didn't have time. This year it is getting a bit of shade since the shrubs near it have grown up some and it seems much happier and is growing well. I'm not sure if its problems were due to too much sun (though it is supposed to do fine in sun) or it just was suffering from adjusting to where it was. So my advice would be to give it a couple of years if you have the space to have a non-performer for that long to see if it settles in after a couple of years. It does have an extensive root system considering the plant size as I found out when I had to move my dark-leaved ones for some foundation work. However, the roots were broader than deep on mine, only about 8 or 10 inches deep, but extending wider than the plant. It was a bear to dig up and needed a larger container than just about any other plant, a box about 2'x2'. |
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