My Forsythia grew its flowers this year but they withered before coming out : Grows on You

Ayrshire, United Kingdom

My Forsythia grew its flowers this year but they withered before coming out and no leaves have followed. What is the problem and what can I do?

13 Jun, 2010

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Fractal

Could be a bacterial infection. The cold winter may have caused splits in the basal stem that bacteria have since entered. I have seen this once before and if it happens, there is little you can do except use this loss as an opportunity to replace with something else.

13 Jun, 2010

Fitz

I think this could be the problem so perhaps its goodbye to this old shrub. Thank you

13 Jun, 2010

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