I am the president of a small 25 unit HOA in Loveland. Last March our landscape maintenance contractor applied the pre-emergent herbicide Pendulum to our stone borders and gardens, but not the lawn. The application turned everything, plants, rock, statuary, bird baths, etc bright yellow. Within about a week many plants were obviously starting to die at all 25 units. The plants affected included ajuga, miniature roses, hydrangea, spiral grass, and virtually all of the ground cover type plants. The landscape contractor said not to worry as all the plants will come back in a few weeks and the yellow will quickly fade with some rain. The ajuga, miniature roses, hydrangea, daisies and many other garden plants and most of the ground cover type plants actually died. Some ornamental grasses, lilies, bleeding hearts, burning bush and a few others either weren’t affected or recovered. The landscape contractor has continued to insist that it wasn’t the Pendulum product but something else that caused the die off. Any insight you can give me on this situation and the effects of the Prelude product, especially if applied incorrectly would be appreciated.

Roger Ulane, Country Lake Villa HOA President