what is killing my shrubbery?
 

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see, bush in the title

Cherry Laurel?

Verticillium wilt?

The Knights who say Ni?

Got a Great Dane in the hood?

How long ago was that pruned?

#2 Different kind of bush. I cut a lot of dead branches out once and then had to do it again yesterday.
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The dead branches look like this:
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These bushes are no where near each other (front and back of house) and there are others in between these areas totally unaffected.

This started happening before they were pruned this spring so the pruning is not the issue.
No great dane, no rodents that I can tell. Neither look like the pictures for Cherry Laurel.

All those little bumps? Do they squish? Maybe scale?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scale_insect

I don't think they squish.

Should I try some general disease spray or insect spray and hope for the best?

Rhododendron?

Bush 1 is Cleyera.
Bush 2 is a type of Holly.

Hard to tell from the pics but here are a couple ideas:

Have you fertilized it? Sometimes fertilizer too close and dense near the base of the shrub will do that.

Around the base of the shrub: is there a build up of leaves or dirt?

Are there white dots on the underside of the leaves? Scale will show up that way.

Cut a branch off. Take to a locally owned garden center in a zip lock bag. Typically, at least in my area, there will be someone very knowledgeable who will be able to look at it and give an answer and a fix. Some issues can be very regional. Good luck.

^^^^ This...

i just had sections of my boxwoods die.
turned pure brown

You don't use roundup to weed around those by chance?

Master gardener extension service offices are a good source for garden issues.

LOL, I was just preparing...

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Thank you.
No signs of scale, white dots, or mealybugs. I have fertilized lately.

If I can't get help from the local folks would it hurt to spray with a insect and/or disease control like Bayer 3 in 1 Insect/Disease/Mite Control????