Lithodora Problems
When they make roots grow them on with a bit of cover through the winter and plant out the potful in Spring. Lithodora does get leggy.
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First signs are small translucent spots with a broad yellowish edge that slowly enlarge and become angular or irregularly circular with a reddish center.
Lithodora problems. In our first Summer most of the Lithodora looked like it had turned dark brown and died. So I ripped it all out. Vigorous and popular award-winning Lithodora diffusa Grace Ward Gromwell is a mat-forming evergreen shrub with trailing stems clothed in small lance-shaped dark green hairy leaves.
The semi hardwood cuttings we took were basically a total fail. However some gardeners have learned ways of winterizing lithodora plants into zone 5. It is listed for full sun but in hot summer climates sun all morning is usually ample.
As for cutting back despite its low-growth habit lithodora is a shrub and like early-flowering shrubs it should be cut back after the flowering finally peters out. Initially I had a planted a Lithodora and it did so well and spread rapidly July but then all of a sudden it slowly started turning brown Sept and I thought about pulling it up but I will be happy to leave it now in anticipation of seeing it revived later. For those still interested I discovered the real cause of why my Lithodora Diffusas leaves and stems were turning black and dying.
This was our first attempt at propagating lithodora so we experimented made some mistakes and learned a few things. Lithodora Pest or Disease Problems Lithodora isnt likely to suffer from insect or disease problems. Thrives in Mediterranean-type climates on slopes or raised beds.
If you take cuttings about 3 inch long and pot them four to a 3 inch pot of gritty compost. Answer from NGAJune 28 2002. It was fungus gnat larvae nibbling the roots.
The bed is on the north side of my house but away from the house and gets sun from late morning to mid-afternoon. I havent done anything aside from picking a weed or two out of it. Lithodora needs lots of water in its first year of planting and even with all that water it will just sort of shrink up in the worst heat and humidity.
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