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Shasta Daisy suddenly died?
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Posted by JeffJ S.Kansas (My Page) on Fri, Oct 7, 05 at 10:42
| I've got a few shasta daisy plants, and all bloomed nicely thru the summer. I deadheaded them as the flowers expired - that is, I cut them back to the first leaves down from the flower on each stem. Two days later, one of the plants was entirely brown and dead! It had been nice and green and healthy looking before. What might have caused it to do this? Is it truely gone, or will it come back next year?
I'm a new homeowner / gardener, so all of this is new to me. Maybe something like this is normal, but it sure got my attention!
Thanks,
Jeff J |
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RE: Shasta Daisy suddenly died?
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- Posted by Pam_AA z5 Berwyn Il. (My Page) on
Fri, Oct 7, 05 at 13:27
| To up and die that fast like that, sounds like some little beastie attacked the roots. Give the plant a yank and see if pulls out easily. Or it could be something of a chemical nature came in contact with it (Round up overspray, dog pee etc). Maybe it will remain a mystery. That’s gardening for you, the agony and the ecstasy. |
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| Wait & see what Spring brings. Shasta daisys are pretty tough. You didn't kill it by cutting it back. I'll bet its only gone dormant. |
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| Jeff, I did see a thread on this somewhere earlier. I think nematodes came up in it. I had one do it in my garden also, but I really am planning on replacing that plant with Fragrant Angel Echinacea since they look so similar. |
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| Thanks for the input everyone. Since my yard is so new, it's technically still under warranty from the landscapers who installed it. So I suspect my real solution should be to call them, show them the dead thing in front of my house (there's actually a couple of other dead things to show them as well), and let them take care of it. If they won't do anything about it, I'll just wait till spring and see what happens. Jeff J |
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| I went out to give a gentle tug on what's left of the plant, and it essentially wasn't attached to the ground. I mean, it pulled up with less than 1 lb of force. There's one little pair of green leaves down at the bottom, so I left those just in case. Clearly, something got to the roots of the plant. I'm curious why only this plant is affected - it's right next to another Shasta, and in the same bed as a wide variety of things. Oh well. Chalk it up to nature, I guess. Jeff J |
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| My bet is a ground squirrel (chipmunk). If you look around, you'll probably find a tennis ball-size hole somewhere in the vicinity. I don't know if they eat the roots of some plants or just damage them as they dig their tunnels, but every plant I've had die that quickly (and pull out that easily) has been the victim of chipmunk upheaval. Any good ways of ridding them? |
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| Mine did the same thing. Two of the three shasta daisies I planted died after blooming. I've heard the roots are susceptible to fungus, especially with the humid summer we had. |
Here is a link that might be useful: My post about dead daisies
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