Beginner Gardening: what's wrong with my plant?, 0 by pennefeather

pennefeather wrote:
I have an evergreen (I can't think of the name offhand) that I suspected had wilt. Large portions of the plant suddenly became droopy, and the leaves subsequently ended up falling. I ended up cutting almost half of one plant, and brought it in to the nursery that I had purchased it from. The nursery recommended taking the plant out. I decided to keep it because it was part of my shrub border, and half of the plant still looked healthy. There were actually two different plants involved.

Two years later, you would never know that this plant had any problems. It seems to have completely recovered. I don't know if this is what your plant actually had, but I did want to point out that it is possible for it to recover from wilt. This is my plant in August 2007.

I purchased my first acuba this spring. When I was checking them in the nursery, several had blackened areas. According to the manager for the shrubs area, the acuba had probably come into contact with the sides of the refrigerated cars that they use to transport the plants from the west coast. They are shade plants, but I have seen them around the area in partial sun as well.