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Hellebore Black Death

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WobblyLondoner · 27/03/2021 20:35

Forgive the alarmist thread title but has anyone had experience of this? I have a lot of hellebores and I noticed today that a few were not looking their best. A closer look showed a lot of spotting on the newer leaves and stalks, and discoloured flowers. When I looked online I read about the hellebore Black Death virus - but am not sure if this is what mine have. If they do, the advice is to destroy them and to keep an eye on other plants. Has anyone had any experience of this? Picture attached.

A bit gutted if this is what's wrong - I lost a load of box to box moth caterpillars a few years ago, can't grow aquilegia anymore because of the problem that has affected them - and now thus Shock

Hellebore Black Death
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DarlingCoffee · 28/03/2021 06:48

I don’t know anything about the virus but I thought you just had to remove the leaves with any black, and that should help make the plant healthy again?

WobblyLondoner · 28/03/2021 09:38

It depends what's wrong with it. The advice if it is this specific problem is to get rid of the whole plant. It's caused by a virus so you want to stop it spreading.

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LakieLady · 28/03/2021 11:28

Sorry about your hellebore.

However, when I saw the thread title, I thought to myself "That's not a very nice name for a plant variety". Duh!

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