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Xeramtheum

Sep 19, 2013 6:46 PM CST

Name: Anne
Summerville, SC (Zone 8a)
Only dead fish go with the flow!

I have a "pandemic" of plant rust that affects not only my Hibiscus but Morning Glory's as well in one bed. I have cleaned and cleaned, even replace the top 4 inches of soil and sprayed all of the landscape timbers with bleach. I'm very careful of how I water the plants and spray with fungicide but it still infects my hibiscus. It started with Morning Glory a few years ago so I quit growing MG's in the bed and this year I tried the Hardy Hibiscus (H. moscheutos) and Sorrel Hibiscus (H. sabdariffa) and now they have rust.

I give up.

Can anyone suggest a good replacement with showy flowers and/or foliage that is NOT susceptible to rust?

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