The new leaves coming out of the papaya are severely stunted and are brown around the edges. There is a white moldy looking patina to the leaves. The fruit that it used to bear, though they didn't ripen beyond golf ball size are now rotting at a quarter of that size.
Don't know what caused such a rapid decline. I moved it a few feet to shade a begonia, it might have gotten a little less sun in the new location but it certainly got 4 hours of hot morning sun, they like the sun.
And-- the euryops i bought for the rail trough has gone limp.
I'll have to replace the two of them. i think a bird of paradise would be a good replacement for papaya. Again, it's more vertical than not and the leaves are very tropical and a nice contrast to other leaf textures.
I need to check with Leonard tomorrow and see if the clarendendron has grown at all.
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