Garden Pests and Diseases: What's wrong with my Butterfly Weed?, 0 by hczone6

hczone6 wrote:
I bought this last year at a flea market. Two of them actually. They were perfect when I planted them. Within a month or two, both of them did what this one in the photos is doing and I thought they were both dead and gone.

Well, this one in the photo was one of the two originals and it came back this year. It looked great while the foliage was coming along. Then one by one the each stalk started to wilt and die back. I thought maybe some bugs were doing it so I put sevin all over it. Now the biggest stalk is wilting and just about dead. It didn't even get to the blooming point yet! :( Anyone know what caused this? Weather has been good and rain has been good too. Not sure what's up.

On a good note, I did find one growing in the field today while mowing! I dug it up and brought it to my flower bed. We'll see what that one does.