what is killing my shrubbery?

Por_sha911 · Por_sha911's Garage

#1

Tobra · Tobra's Garage

see, bush in the title

Icemaster · Icemaster's Garage

Cherry Laurel?

quicksix · quicksix's Garage

Verticillium wilt?

cabmandone · cabmandone's Garage

The Knights who say Ni?

gregpark · 05-25-2022, 07:10 PM

Got a Great Dane in the hood?

Tobra · Tobra's Garage

How long ago was that pruned?

Por_sha911 · Por_sha911's Garage

#2 Different kind of bush. I cut a lot of dead branches out once and then had to do it again yesterday.

The dead branches look like this:

These bushes are no where near each other (front and back of house) and there are others in between these areas totally unaffected.

Por_sha911 · Por_sha911's Garage

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.

pwd72s · 05-25-2022, 08:10 PM

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

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

Por_sha911 · Por_sha911's Garage

I don't think they squish.

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

gregpark · 05-25-2022, 08:28 PM

Rhododendron?

PorscheGAL · PorscheGAL's Garage

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.

KFC911 · 05-26-2022, 01:48 AM

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Originally Posted by PorscheGAL

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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...

berettafan · 05-26-2022, 02:48 AM

T77911S · 05-26-2022, 03:51 AM

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

greglepore · 05-26-2022, 04:13 AM

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

cassisrot · 05-26-2022, 08:07 AM

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

masraum · 05-26-2022, 08:56 AM

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Originally Posted by berettafan

LOL, I was just preparing...

Por_sha911 · Por_sha911's Garage

Quote:

Originally Posted by PorscheGAL

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.

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????