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dybbuk Niles, MI(Zone 5a) Jun 14, 2006

Any ideas as to what may be wrong with this one? It's a weeping hornbeam. Last summer it was perfect. Not so good this year.

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Decumbent Cincinnati, OH(Zone 6b) Jun 15, 2006

Is it possible it was over-fertilized?

Scott

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dybbuk Niles, MI(Zone 5a) Jun 15, 2006

No. I've never fertilized it. Hmmmm.

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terryr Bureau County, IL(Zone 5a) Jun 15, 2006

If it makes you feel any better, my hop hornbeam Ostrya virginiana is deader than a doornail........

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StarhillForest Illinois, IL(Zone 5b) Jun 15, 2006

Did it get really, really dry and wilt a week or two ago?

Guy S.

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terryr Bureau County, IL(Zone 5a) Jun 15, 2006

Who might you be speaking to?

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StarhillForest Illinois, IL(Zone 5b) Jun 15, 2006

Anyone who will listen. But in this case it must be Dybbuk, because we all know that uppity young women like you never listen!

Guy S.

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terryr Bureau County, IL(Zone 5a) Jun 15, 2006

Oh so now I'm uppity?? That creek scene is sooo not in anybodies future anymore! Humph. Somethings gonna wilt and it sure won't be any hop hornbeam.

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StarhillForest Illinois, IL(Zone 5b) Jun 15, 2006

Face it, you just "can't keep up" with us guys! Hee-hee-hee!
But what's so bad about being called an uppity young woman, anyway? Think of the implications!
I gotta go -- now that I wound you up, y'all have fun now, hear?

Guy S.

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terryr Bureau County, IL(Zone 5a) Jun 15, 2006

In your dreams......down by the creek.............

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mdvaden Beaverton, OR Jun 15, 2006

Do hornbeam get anthracnose?

Other question...

Is it sitting in a wet hole?

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dybbuk Niles, MI(Zone 5a) Jun 15, 2006

Only thing I can think of is that I watered it too much.

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Equilibrium Jun 15, 2006

Is there any possibility that your plant got hit by drift of a neighbor spraying herbicides? Gasp, I've done it myself a few times and always feel like crying. I nailed a Fothergilla this year trying to spray Siberian Dogwood and your photo looks a lot like what my Fothergilla major looked like.

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Do hornbeam get anthracnose?
Bad news. Quick search says the answer to your question is yes. Maybe dybbuk better prune out and dispose of all the branches and leaves that look diseased. The Morton Arb is only a hop skip and a jump from Chicago and they found Ostrya Anthracnose there.
http://www.mortonarboretumphc.org/PHC%20report%20pdfs/072905%20Issue%2015.pdf#search='ostrya%20anthracnose'

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dybbuk Niles, MI(Zone 5a) Jun 15, 2006

No chance of herbicides. No one nearby cares about plants except me. :)

I think I'm just going to rip it out and put something else there. I'm not very patient.

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