My Calycanthus did not leaf out this spring but I left it in place hoping it might regrow from the root. Right before I was going to dig it out of the ground, it did start to regrow. It reached about 8" and had several more shoots coming when suddenly the leaves turned brown like a fungus hit it and all the new growth died.

It again began to grow, the leaves turned brown and died. It's now on it's third cycle of growing and dying.

We've had about a gazillion inches of rain since sometime in June but I don't think the rain is causing the death of the new growth.

Any ideas? TIA.