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Ginger
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our Butterfly Bush was doing so well, lots of big fluffy flowers.
The other day we noticed that it is all dried up and dead looking!
In a weeks time! The small bush we had in our back yard if all dried up too.
What could have caused that so quickly?
Our temps have been in the 40's, 50's and 60's and we have had plenty of moisture.
Is there something that attacks these bushes?

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Ginger
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catlover
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Ginger I do not live in your area but have you checked the root system? Could it have been a rodent of some kind? Wish I could of been more help. Catlover

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Ginger
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well its in a nice open place in front of our porch...also the little Butterfly bush in the back yard did the same thing.


strange!

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Ginger

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weezie13
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Ginger,
What time of year? Month?
Did you notice if you had a frost days before? That will turn brown your tips a bit
brown and then eventually crisp up?

Any catapillars?
Is it just the flowers?
On both you said, front and back?

Let me know!
Weezie

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Don't forget to be kind to strangers. For some who have
done this have entertained angels without realizing it.
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floweraddict
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For a Butterfly Bush to be "nipped" by cold temperatures this time of year would seem strange. Even if it did and the leaves died, new leaves should sprout right back.
I wouldn't be surprised if a rodent (such as a vole or mouse) had nawed on the root system or maybe the roots rotted. If it doesn't come back soon, i would dig it up and look at the roots. U will be able to see if rodents had been nawing it.It will look like a beaver was nawing on it! If the roots rotted they will be mushy. I lost a camellia bush this past winter because of rodents. They ate everything. It easily pulled up and there was nothing left but the trunk. U could see the roots had been chewed off.
Another possibilty, is that maybe u "over fertilized" it and it just burned up when the heat hit it.

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