Garden Pests and Diseases: Spots on my Stictocardia! :-(, 1 by happy_girl

happy_girl wrote:
Hi All,

I've been noticing spots taking over my beautiful Stictocardia. It has buds but it's looking very sickly. We've been putting down snail/slug bait (the powder) for a while because it's next to a chain link fence and the neighbors don't do much with their yard which means the snails have taken over and like to merge over on our side. Could the snail/slug powder be hurting the Stictocardia or is it something else? I'm so sad as I was really hoping to see the flowers bloom but the bud stems get weak and then they just drop off.

See the sad photo....

Thank you so much,
Nancy