Mid-Atlantic Gardening: Yardening continuation May 2014, 1 by Gitagal

Gitagal wrote:
The Imps I had in 2012 also succumbed to this disease....
I had NO idea what it was--and kept thinking bugs or slugs were chewing
all the leaves off my Imps. But--the stems looked weird--kind of barren and "slimy"...

I had Imps in a HB by my front door--and they died in that too....
By now--there was talk starting on DG about this disease...So--I took some pictures.

Last year---in the same beds--I planted Petunias as a border plant.
Slowly but surely--they also died of some kind of a crown Rot...We discussed that too--
and I was told to dig up all the soil around the root-ball of these plants and get rid of it.
Not sure if I complied totally....but I tried.

Because the Downy Mildew lives in the soil-I will not plant any more Imps in those
paces--not to propagate this disease. Bit--I DO miss terribly not having them.

What will I edge my beds with now??????? G.

Here is the Downy Mildew on my HB of impatiens.
Could not find the sick Petunias--looked and looked...kind of late...snooze time.