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Native Plants
kimmie_debris

moping beautyberry

21 years ago

While I was away at the beach I hired 2 sweet 6th grade boys to water my plants. When I returned everything looked fine except for my little American beautyberry bush which now has some very wilted looking leaves on SOME (but not all) of its branches. I don't think it's a watering problem since there are some branches whose leaves are entirely unaffected--also, I watered it well yesterday just in case and nothing has changed. Has anyone ever had this happen? I planted it last year and it's about 2 feet high--fairly established I'm assuming. Any help is greatly appreciated!

Comments (3)

  • 21 years ago

    When my new (not established) beauty berry didn't get the water it wanted last summer, it wilted, dropped all of its leaves, then came back gang-busters. This year its not getting any extra water and its currently full of leaves, and little bitty buds! I hope yours pulls through-CJ

  • 21 years ago

    Toadlilly, thanks for the info about your beautyberry. Since I originally posted the plant wilted completely and appeared dead. I cut it back completely because it was so ugly but perhaps there's still hope. It was SO hot here this summer--in the 100's for a solid week--that perhaps it was a watering issue after all. Guess I'll see what happens next year!

  • 21 years ago

    Just wait til the cooler fall weather (hopefully)-you may not get berries-but you might get "leaves" ;) CJ

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