Photinia Red Robin Leaves Turning Brown
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In the past they have had black spot that caused the leaves to drop and we sprayed them with.
Photinia red robin leaves turning brown. This disease is rarely deadly although it does lessen the beauty of your photinia. Is this the normal way the red robin behaves. Little spots similar to tar spots appear on leaves. Red robin photinia.
I have a large standard photinia red robin which is approximately 15 feet high in essence a small tree. Once the fungus takes hold in the red tipped photinia the disease s circles continue to grow and merge until large unsightly sores cover the dying leaves. It didn t do particularly well last year but this year it appears to be dying. This winter it seems to be very droopy and the leaves are dull brown now.
Now a couple of years later the young leaves still come out bright red but the older leaves are a paler yellow green with dark spots on them and the bushes as a whole look thin and straggly. It is in the front garden into the ground lots of heather s and good soil around it. Type of plant if known. Sandy clay or loam or potting mix type.
The photinia fungus usually spreads from new growth to old only because of the new leaves making it easier for the spores to take hold. Entomosporium leaf spot is a common problem for photinia and it s recognizable by small red spots on both sides of the leaves. But now most of the leaves have dropped off except the top foot that still looks healthy. Photinia shrubs sometimes contract a disease called photinia leaf spot or photinia black spot.
Older plants might have larger dark red brown or gray spots with. Yellowed browning leaves stunted growth. Symptoms of plant illness please try not to diagnose your problems yourself. Red leaf photinia is dropping leaves.
The leaves are hanging limply have gone crisp and they are more brown than green. Not choking or beside any other plant. Our red leaf photinias have been dropping their leaves and look like they are dying. Leaves are dotted with black spots that slowly spread until leaves wilt and fall off.
Plants look burnt leaves yellow then turn dark brown. In april and may they looked great. I planted my red robin a few years ago.