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Posted: May/26/2008 7:30 PM PST
From a few feet away, these 3 bushes don't look too bad. But last week I noticed that they certainly had some issues -- it looked like that white powdery mold/fungus. At first I thought it was mud that had splashed up on the leaves from the rain (and I put pin straw mulch under these guys a few days ago to help with that). But no -- it was definately a white, powdery mildew. So I sprayed on Organacide (an organic pesicide/fungicide). Along with the white powder -- I am seeing a lot of yellowed and dead leaves (in the second picture) and also that some of the new growth is coming out deformed (the following pictures). What is happening 
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Posted: May/27/2008 3:41 AM PST
Something sure is attacking it. Do you have them in full sun? They do like the sun. |
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Posted: May/27/2008 6:49 AM PST
Did you check for spider mites or aphids? I would suspect spider mites, since you saw a lot of white stuff. http://www.seedsofknowledge.com/butterflybush.html |
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Posted: May/27/2008 8:49 AM PST
They enjoy full sun in the morning - mid afternoon, then after that it's dappled shade... but I did read that due to our climate, the area is super prone to fungus on plants, we have the perfect conditions for it, apparently. Eve ~ I looked pretty close and didn't see any insects or attacking creatures, but if they are quite small I may have missed it. I'm going to check out that link 
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