I bought this beautiful plant in the garden centre only two weeks ago. It was all fine until I planted it into the compost in the new flowerbed (we are going away for holiday soon, so thought it stands better chance to survive in the ground).
One of the leaves started turning yellow last weekend. Today I realised it started to rot from lower down. The stems of 2 leaves and one flower turned slimy and gave away as soon as I touched them.
I researched online. Possible explanations are root root due to over watering or fungi/bacteria.
I'm not sure what to do with it. The ground is not extra dump. But it does drain slowly. I only started gardening this year. Can't tell if the soil is clay or not. But we live on a hill, so I'd think the water would drain easier being on a slope.
Shall I dig it out or leave it be? Would the fungi/bacteria affect other plants in the same area ? (Before this, none of the other plants had problem with the compost/soil.