Disease · 23 plants in our database

Root and crown rot

23 plants in our database
Root and crown rot

Which plants

Where you will find it.

Signs and protection differ by plant — the exact steps are on each plant’s page.

Anise hyssopAgastache foeniculum

Softening of the crown and roots; the plant wilts and browns despite watering.

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BugleAjuga reptans

Softening of the crown and roots; the plant wilts and browns despite watering.

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Caucasian stonecropSedum spurium

Softening of the crown and roots; the plant wilts and browns despite watering.

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CranberryVaccinium macrocarpon

Softening of the crown and roots; the plant wilts and browns despite watering.

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English yewTaxus baccata

Yellowing, stunted growth and dieback of shoots; roots are discoloured.

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European wild gingerAsarum europaeum

Softening of the crown and roots; the plant wilts and browns despite watering.

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Feathered pinkDianthus plumarius

Softening of the crown and roots; the plant wilts and browns despite watering.

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Garden chrysanthemumChrysanthemum × morifolium

Softening of the crown and roots; the plant wilts and browns despite watering.

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GauraOenothera lindheimeri

Softening of the crown and roots; the plant wilts and browns despite watering.

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Ivy geraniumPelargonium peltatum

Softening of the crown and roots; the plant wilts and browns despite watering.

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Japanese sedgeCarex morrowii

Softening of the crown and roots; the plant wilts and browns despite watering.

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Korean firAbies koreanaAll year

Wilting, yellowing or thin needles and dying branches; the needles gradually turn from green to dull, grey and brown. Roots are brown to black and soft.

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Mossy saxifrageSaxifraga × arendsii

Softening of the crown and roots; the plant wilts and browns despite watering.

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Oriental poppyPapaver orientale

Softening of the crown and roots; the plant wilts and browns despite watering.

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PomegranatePunica granatum

Softening of the crown and roots; the plant wilts and browns despite watering.

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PrimrosePrimula vulgaris

Softening of the crown and roots; the plant wilts and browns despite watering.

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Purple coneflowerEchinacea purpurea

Softening of the crown and roots; the plant wilts and browns despite watering.

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Russian sagePerovskia atriplicifolia

Softening of the crown and roots; the plant wilts and browns despite watering.

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Showy stonecropHylotelephium spectabile

Softening of the crown and roots; the plant wilts and browns despite watering.

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Spiked speedwellVeronica spicata

Softening of the crown and roots; the plant wilts and browns despite watering.

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SteviaStevia rebaudiana

An overwatered plant rots at the roots and wilts.

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Woodland sageSalvia nemorosa

Softening of the crown and roots; the plant wilts and browns despite watering.

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Specific species: Phytophthora root rot
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