Dying Monarda

[Marb67]

Well here I go again with another bought plant wilting and looking moribund. I bought this healthy Monarda "Violet Queen" at a spring plant sale. Kept it moist but now wilting and no flowers

[burnie]

I had to read up on this as I've not grown one, but seems it should be in a border rather than a pot, is it hungry?

[Scarlet]

Really should be in the ground and that pot is too small

[veggiechicken]

As the others say - that's a tiny pot for a plant that wants to grow big!
https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/details?plantid=5625

[Martin H]

From the look of that stem, the snails have had a good munch.

[Marb67]

No snails have touched it. It's wilting so probably another write off. I have nowhere in the ground to put it. It just seems whatever plant, however hardy I buy will end up dead and money lost. It is written

Sorry, i'm in a very negative and depressed state today.

[veggiechicken]

Its hard not to be negative when all your plants die on you.
Maybe you need to have a rethink about the plants you buy and whether they are suited to the conditions you can give them.
The Monarda, for example grows into a large perennial plant, it wouldn't be happy for long in a pot.
From what I've heard, you have a sheltered, ?shady, enclosed garden without much spare ground to plant in. A bit like a woodland garden with walls instead of trees. Instead of buying all the plants you'd like to grow, think first about whether they can adapt to this. If they can't your wasting your money and you'll be fed up because they die.
Perhaps think about growing less but giving the plants more space to develop.
I'm sure you have some successes too - but you rarely tell us about those

[Nicos]

Marb-from the snippets we have seen of your garden over the years, you have created a beuautifil area.
You should feel proud of yourself.

Step back, make a brew , and look at the successes there.
Let us know what is working...eventually we'll be able to help you sort it out

[Marb67]

Thanks, it was a bad day and I shouldn't really post here on those. When you are depressed, everything, however small looks far worse.

[Snoop Puss]

Big hug, Marb.

[Bren In Pots]

From what I've heard, you have a sheltered, ?shady, enclosed garden without much spare ground to plant in. A bit like a woodland garden with walls instead of trees. Instead of buying all the plants you'd like to grow, think first about whether they can adapt to this.

That sounds like good advice and there's lots of pretty woodlands plants available.

[nickdub]

Hard luck with your plant, we all lose a few - I've had a couple of plum tress, previously healthy die on me for no obvious reason over the last few years (probably fungus).

One thing is when buying a grown plant, try knocking it out of the pot and having a look at the roots before purchasing it.

Secondly perennials are generally reasonably easy to grow from seed - if you grow 20 or 30 plants you do not miss one or two which die, and hopefully you'll have some spares to pass on to fellow gardeners.

[bario1]

Marb, things like hostas and ferns love conditions like yours and can look stunning...

[burnie]

Can I recommend a Geoff Hamilton book in times likes this, works for me(his Gardeners World one A Practical Course is a particularly good one).

[Greenleaves]

I envy what you have created Marb...perhaps as suggested stick to woodland plants