Kitchen Garden Forum

Hi All,

my busy lizzie's from B&Q were fine when I put them in, but they look miserable now. Quite a few of the leaves have fallen off just leaving the stalks, the leaves that remain are very small, there is not a bud in site and they are all looking a bit on the yellow side.

They have been planted in the flower beds and pots in various locations around the garden and they all look terrible.

In comparison the bedding begonias I have are all doing realy well, both begonias and busy's have been treated the same, same soil, same fertlizer.

Any Ideas

Tracie, two years ago, a busy lizzie disease, I think it was a type of mildew, wiped out lots of plants. I certainly lost all ours, showing just the symptoms which you describe. The RHS site shows a photo and gives a good description. Unfortunately, there is no cure at this stage ...