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sudden death of Mint Crisp!

sudden death of Mint Crisp!

Question from Kathryn Hinton
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My Lonicera 'Mint Crisp' was probably the most healthy, vigorous plant in my new garden. It is on a trellis in quite a reasonably sunny spot, with a clematis alongside. Suddenly it looks nearly dead, as if it has had no water for a long time. I checked it for pests, tried to aerate the soil a bit, and watered it, but nothing seems to do any good. The clematis is fine. Any ideas what could be wrong?
Posted: Saturday 12th of May 2012 04:04 PM

  • Re: sudden death of Mint Crisp!

    Kathy N
    HI, Kathryn,
    When you say new garden, do you mean it was recently planted? How long ago? What has aftercare been like?
    Kathy C
    Replied: Thursday 24th of May 2012 10:09 PM

    • Re: Re: sudden death of Mint Crisp!

      Kathryn Hinton
      Thanks for replying, Kathy. We moved in in 2010 and there was very little in the garden then - there still isn't, as restocking a garden is very expensive! The Lonicera was planted last autumn. I spoke to a gardener from our village recently and he said it was almost certainly killed by the late frost and would probably not regenerate, so we took it out. Maybe we should have put fleece round it, as that seems to have saved our other plants
      Replied: Wednesday 30th of May 2012 04:46 PM

  • Re: sudden death of Mint Crisp!

    Shoot User
    I have one in a tub..the previous one was in clay and died so now I am trying a tub. I am trying to water it regularly in this hot weather but hope overwaterign isn't the problem either. It is growing but very slowly BUT groups of leaves are dying off and that includes new shoots.It gets some sun during the day but not full sun all day. Any ideas? Thanks
    Replied: Wednesday 24th of July 2013 10:44 AM

  • Re: sudden death of Mint Crisp!

    Shoot User
    I also have problems with Mint Crisp. It grows beautifully, n a tub to about 3' high and then the leaves go pale and drop off. It has been in situ for 2years but never done well. I end up cutting it back each time & removing dead leaves. Any advice would be very welcome.
    Replied: Friday 9th of August 2013 10:13 AM

    • Re: Re: sudden death of Mint Crisp!

      Peter R Downes
      Very sorry to hear of all the problems with Mint Crisp. I've had one in my garden for about 4 years. It is now about 8' high and at the moment, mid January, looks lovely. It sees very little sun and has plenty of competition for space and isn't on good soil with any depth. It grows against a fence. It never seems to suffer from mildew either as one or two of the other types we have do. I'm just thinking of planting another so all I'd say is try again because it comes into it's own at this time of year. At the moment, because we've not had too many frosts it has all it's leaves on. It lives in Kent. Good luck.
      Replied: Sunday 19th of January 2014 09:22 PM
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