Alchemilla mollis - crisping leaf edges

Towards the end of last summer, my alchemilla's leaves were dying and going crispy on the edges, especially the new shoots. It's doing it again already. But we have had hot weather... so I wondered, as it's in full sun, is too much sun and heat likely to be the cause? It is a hot border, everything seems to wilt in the mid day sun.

 

I didn't have any luck with mine either but it was growing in a pot. It went crispy like yours and obviously wasn't happy so I ended up giving it away. Maybe give it a good water seeing as it's been hot and a feed? I've just checked the rhs website and it says that it can tolerate drought once it's established. Perhaps if it's a young plant it won't like the heat too much.

 

It's in a raised bed and the soil is very light I guess. I put a good layer of manure over the whole bed in Oct though :-/ I'll pay more attention to keeping them watered from now on to see if that helps


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Might be imagining it, but after mulching and watering, they seem to be much better. Perhaps it was just a combo of full sun and not enough water.

 

Lack of water, they will be ok when established and start seeding around the garden if you leave the flowers to set seed , they are a tough plant, they will soon spring back into life