every I get another BB color
this year I managed to find the only BB plant at that nursery
it was overlooked when they pulled them off the selling table
powdery mildew is the disease they said
she told me it would weaken and die,
SHE WOULD SELL IT TO ME FOR HALF PRICE
I will never go back there again
I did take the plant SHAME ON THAT
anyway if you really want it try this it worked for me
in a spray bottle a healthy squirt of ajax lemon dishsoap, fill with h2o, shake it up
gently with your hand cupped around the plant,spray the plant and while hand washing the plant. runoff soap h2o into surrounding soil. shade from strong sun.check next day for white spots.if you see `em, repeat the gentle hand washing. two days later I saw a minute bit of white,so I repeated the washing. a few days later I did it again
it`s been six weeks later, after hi humidity, rain, more hi humidity, more rain it`s looking
very good and in a growth spert. I`m lucky
mildew will overwinter in the soil so I`ll still look for something for that, maybe that soapy water every so often
it`s easy cheep and worked this year
p.s. the BB is rich drk purple
