Container climber woes

Discussion in 'Pests, Diseases and Cures' started by JackJJW, Mar 31, 2014.

  1. JackJJW

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    I have a jasmine, clematis and a new honeysuckle growing in three different pots next to each other. The jasmine and clematis had a tough year last summer when they went for a month or so without water but I revived them and they have been climbing away happily, growing hundreds of buds - the clematis has just started flowering. They're small still so don't really compete with each other for light yet.

    However, there seem to be a number of things wrong with all three plants that appear to have just got worse in the last week with the warm weather and slight rain.

    The clematis clearly has something eating it's leaves and buds. Both are half eaten all over the plant.

    The jasmine has random shoots that just die off for no good reason- though perhaps this is normal?

    The brand new honeysuckle is looking very sickly! With what looks like mildew all over it and the leaves are now dropping off. Thought the young shoots appear to be ok.

    All three plants have some damage from being eaten, and the pansies at their feet are ravaged.

    But I can't see anything at all that could have been doing the damage! There have been a couple of tiny snails on the pansies but not what I'd think we're enough to speed across a 2x2 metre spread of plants in the night?

    Any help on identifying what's going on would be much appreciate. [​IMG][​IMG][​IMG][​IMG]


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