I was dead chuffed about this sight in June:
– the euphorbia looked wonderful for weeks. I boasted about it and showed off. So serves me right – the euphorbia got rust.
And because I don’t just do the odd plant in amongst lots of other different ones, preferring dramatic sweeps, I got a dramatic sweep –
of rust. Lots of dead euphorbia.
So – it’s had to be cut and it looks a bit miserable. Well, it also looked miserable before I cut it.
Take your pic…sorry, pick.
Will it come back? This is going to be an anxious time. And I should maybe mulch this to make it look more visitor friendly.
If you were thinking of visiting – it’s not all like this! It’s anemone time! Hydrangea time! Crocosmia time!
But my poor euphorbias do make me feel a bit fed up……
Back to book writing. Sigh….
You poor thing. They looked so lovely before the rust, too.
I hope they come back next year.
Poor lovey. Maybe the visitors won’t notice the big space like I didn’t!
Fat chance – but not many will come during Storm Bertha! So it will have a week to do something…
What a shame – I love the way you use it en masse, and it’s one of my favourite plants, though a wicked spreader. I’m sure it will bounce back next year.
Thank you, Jane. If it doesn’t I’ll replant and start again…
Do not dispair – mine came back this year and look awful again now! I was assuming this is what will always happen to them every year, luckily mine are interplanted at the middle of a border.
That is so good to hear – thank you. I think it may be because it was unusually dry for the West. We just saw the same at Trentham: always makes a person feel better! Not just us.
So – fingers crossed for next summer…