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Oooops sorry forgot to change the visibility box. I hope you can view now. TIA!!!

It is diseased- Asters yellow. The plant should be burned.

Am I gonna lose all my P-Cones this year & have to star over? I suppose I can't even save seeds huh? Do I dig to destroy or can I cut to the ground & use round-up on the left cut stems?

As I mentioned in the other thread (w/ the same question) ~ we here are plagued w/ another year of Jap Beetles & although they don't particularly eat P-Cone tops I've found a few on them in transit to their favorite rose blooms.

Appreciate your experience & thoughts!!! TIA

I suppose you could use roundup.. but i would pull the whole plant to make sure you get everything.

The virus is transferred via leaf hoppers... so it's just luck in regards to how far it may have spread to your other coneflowers (rudbeckia or any other asteraceas). I would just keep any eye on the others.

I am seeing asters yellow at every single Lowes and HD in my area with their coneflowers. Even true garden nurseries have plants with it. It is everywhere.. and will only spread more with them selling these plants on.