Petite Butterflies Sweet Pea Shrub Turning Yellow
Care of sweet pea bush.
Petite butterflies sweet pea shrub turning yellow. 2 3 tall 2 3 width light requirement. Sweet pea shrubs attract bees butterflies and birds making it an excellent choice for wildlife gardens. Polygala fruticosa petite butterflies masses of vibrant purple magenta pea like flowers will adorn the compact mound of gray green foliage for much of the year. Ideal for borders hedges or as a specimen plant in a container.
The mosaic virus is spread by aphids which can be treated with an insecticide and by controlling nearby weeds. Sized right for small garden spaces or containers. Full sun or morning sun afternoo. Beautiful grouped or massed in a shrub border.
Department of agriculture plant hardiness zones 9 and 10. Monrovia priced higher. Rain and wind in the spring serve to spread the infection to healthy plants. Department of agriculture hardiness zones 9a to 12b.
Ascochyta blight lastly ascochyta blight may be to blame for a pea plant turning yellow and dying. For more on this and many other plants please. Plant with butterfly bush characteristics landscape size. This south african native is ideal for hillsides or coastal conditions.
Yet another fungal disease and made up of three different fungi it over winters in plant debris or enters the garden in the spring in infected seeds. Prune to the natural shape of the shrub. Most sweet pea shrubs like myrtle leaf milkwort and low pinebarren milkwort grow well in u s. Its many varieties are hardy in the mediterranean climate zones 9 and 10 and go by names such as augustusbossie september bush cape milkwort and sweet pea shrub.
They said they were drought tolerant. Why would a sweet pea bush have yellow leaves. The pea mosaic virus can cause yellowing and mottling of the sweet pea s leaves. To learn more please watch the video.
Symptoms include foliage with dark green areas combined with yellow green areas. Polygala petite butterflys dwarf sweat pea shrub is a heavy flowering deer tolerant evergreen dwarf shrub. Although polygala myrtifolia are. Planted these a few months ago and they were doing great but one has yellowing leaves.
A wonderful patio container plant and useful for mass plantings or mixed into a flowering perennial garden. Native to south africa and sensitive to frost it survives winters only in u s. Water regularly weekly or more often. Use as a border accent or in a container.
Compact evergreen shrub with rounded grey green leaves. Partial to full sun. Compact rounded shrub with lovely gray green foliage produces dainty pea like flowers all season long.