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Unknown disease on unknown plant

nmb2
9 years ago

Hello,

I'm a new homeowner and my property has two large bushes suffering from some kind of disease/pest. Can anyone help me identify what kind of bush this is and what kind of disease? Suggestions on how to treat it are welcomed as well!

Thank you!

Comments (5)

  • jean001a
    9 years ago

    Looks like a disease-ridden and well-chewed purple leaf plum.

    Whatever its ID, if it were at my new place, it would be replaced, probably during my 2nd year on the property..

  • IanW Zone 5 Ont. Can.
    9 years ago

    Agree with Jean, except it may be a purple leaf sand cherry (Prunus x cistena)

  • ken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
    9 years ago

    its fall ... the leaves will fall off.. along with whatever is attacking the leaves... nothing to do there ... but clean them up afterwards ... EVERYTHING looks like this in fall ...

    these would be great plants for you to learn about pruning ... there is some historically bad pruning ... maybe for the fence install ...

    the further one.. you could probably cut to about 3 inches.. and with no insult to the root mass it will be 4 feet tall again by next summer ...

    and then in the next few years ... having either succeeded or failed.. then you can get rid of them ... or not ...

    they are what we call.. a short lived tree ... in tree years.. that mean about 20 years max.. if you are lucky.. and the garden gods favor it ... getting rid of it.. is not that big a deal ...

    see you in the shrub or tree forum.. if you are interested in gardening.. and learning to prune...

    ken

    ps: the link shows.. what well pruned specimens should look like ... in a variety of forms ....

    Here is a link that might be useful: link

  • jean001a
    9 years ago

    But the action against the tree/shrub will be repeated next year, and successive years following
    You don't have to keep other people's mistakes.

  • kimpa zone 9b N. Florida.
    9 years ago

    My sand cherry tree/shrubs attracted lots of japanese beetles and had a bad case of black knot. I worked on them for years and finally removed them.

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