What’s wrong with euonymus?

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• Palustris Posts: 4,307

  July 2020

  Skin casings from growing aphids. You have a greenfly infestation on your shrub.
  

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• colin.scarfe Posts: 5

  July 2020

  we have never seen a single greenfly on the plants

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• BobTheGardener Posts: 11,385

  July 2020 edited July 2020

  It is euonymus scale - see here:

  https://www.gardenersworld.com/how-to/solve-problems/euonymus-scale/

  
  
  

  A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
  

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• floralies Posts: 2,718

  July 2020

  I think you will find these are scale insects. If you go on the RHS website there is plenty of information about how to control them. I had a very bad infestation a few years ago and pruned the shrub almost back down to ground level. They don't mind hard pruning and mine recovered well.

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• AnniD Posts: 12,585

  July 2020

  Could be euonymus scale
  https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?pid= 798
  

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• colin.scarfe Posts: 5

  July 2020

  A big thank you to you all for your help. 

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