Missouri – what do you think is causing these shrubs to be yellow and suggestions for addressing the problem?
by Money-Computer7638
Missouri – what do you think is causing these shrubs to be yellow and suggestions for addressing the problem?
by Money-Computer7638
4 Comments
Looks like Boxwood to me.
They do this all the time.
I hate them. I would dig them out and add another row or two of flowers.
Dod they look like this right after the winter?
Or did this happen over the past month or two?
Could be boxwood blight or winter damage. Either look up the symptoms and compare to your leaves or provide close up photos of the leaves here.
If it’s blight, it’s incurable and stays in the soil so they would need to be removed. You can replace them with inkberry holly or add another row of flowers as another commenter suggested.
Well, it looks like boxwood. The straw colored foliage is usually cold injury. If it isn’t too bad, it should grow out of it. Also need to look for all the usual suspects – boxwood leaf miner, boxwood psyllid, over shearing, volutilla blight.
The yews in the back are “table topping”. When they get pruned in a V, the bottom foliage gets shaded out, so the plant kills off the lower leaves. It’s better to prune in an A with the bottom wider than the top.