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I have had this shrub for 10 years, and within two weeks this shrub went from green to brown (dying). I peeled back some of the bark, to see if there...
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Dying Shrub #716514
Asked August 23, 2020, 1:00 AM EDT
I have had this shrub for 10 years, and within two weeks this shrub went from green to brown (dying). I peeled back some of the bark, to see if there was some life. It was very hard to scrape with a dark hard like sap. When I looked down as the base of the shrub the same dark sap is dried up and hardened as well and the branches are are just snapping off . I don’t want the other shrubs to die .
Harris County Texas
Expert Response
Were any herbicides recently applied in the bed?
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I asked my yard guy. Due to the fact that none of the other shrubs were affected. He said No. I personally haven’t applied anything
I would think that there is a fungal root rot that has caused its decline. The plant is unable to take up water or nutrients.
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