why have all my busy lizzies died and rotted away as have many other gardens around...weve had much rain like everyone i suppose but no waterlogging...is it pests or just the rubbish summer and lack of sunshine
Search around in the compost where they are growing it could be that you have the dreaded root weevil that lives on the root systems. It is a fat white grub that I squash and then I dispose of the compost in the wheelie bin as you can never be sure of findind them all
Picture of it here http://www.fruitgateway.co.uk/Pubs/file.asp?ID =333
Furthermore, I read somewhere or other (it may have been in answerbank) that many other gardeners (myself included) have had poor results this year........Ron
I keep my b/l`s in a hanging basket in the greenhouse in windy conditions and hang them out on sunnier days and they are georgeous. So it`s all down to this crappy winds and rain we`re having lately.
My poor pansies that id grown from seed drown in all that rain, its been a very poor summer for flowers, and i too lost busy lizzies to the weather a few years ago.