I was thinking the same thing, one of my rhododendrons just lost ALL of it's leaves. This is the first year I've had one, is this normal?

I planted a rhodie last summer and it died out in the middle over the winter. I was about to return it when I heard from many people that the same thing happened to theirs. So I pruned it hard and all the new growth looks good. Really weird.

I figured out that the rudbeckia that wilted and died was a short lived perennial, treated as an annual. But those usually die over the winter and don't reappear. This one grew beautifully and died slowly before my eyes! Sadistic plant....

This rhodie was wierd I think. I planted it about 6 weeks ago, it looked great all spring, then all of a sudden, it started losing all of it's leaves, then one morning, everything was gone, nothing there at all. Very strange, like I said, I've never had one before but I know that this is not normal.

I've been hearing a lot about plants dying for no reason - I thought I was losing my echinacea, but it's coming back. My mom lost her boxwood, and mine are looking strange. My neighbors lost a few of their perennials. Strange year. I also have deer eating things this year that they've never eaten before. Go figure!

Things in my garden are starting to get a bit dried up. I wish we'd get a bit more rain...a really soaking one.

I am losing plants for what seems like no reason..I have cimifuga Hillside Black Beauty that was doing great, now it is dying.. I can't find a reason. The leaves are turning brown and curling in. I checked into the soil, and I can't find a reason. I water it, so it isn't a lack of water, I don't overdo it. It is in shade, so no sun scorch. I've lost a few annuals too, when some next to them are doing fine. I have a coneflower that the stems started drooping on and the leaves started turning black...(I took it out, I was afraid if it was something, I didn't want it to spread. I have a clematis that turned brown too. (all in different beds, and for the amount of plants I have, it is a small number, but I still like them and would like to know what is causing this too.