Griselinia Hedge Unhappy

clarks.edinburgh · October 2020

This hedge is 2 years old. Recently some of the leaves have acquired black spots and others have turned white. Some of the stems have lost their leaves and the stems have turned brown and woody.

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Fairygirl · October 2020

I can't see much wrong with that. All evergreens lose foliage now and again. It looks like it's establishing well. It can take several years for shrubs, whether stand alone or in a hedge, to get a decent root system and start growing away.
If it was dying completely, or losing all the foliage, it might be different

Pianoplayer · October 2020

Also, as it is the variegated variety, the white leaves are just the natural variation in the variegation! I get black bits on the leaves of mine when there has been a cold snap - so it's just the season.

clarks.edinburgh · October 2020

Thanks for your comments, but I am not fully reassured! Some of the plants look seriously unwell. Could it be root rot?

Mrs-B3-Southampton,-Hants · October 2020

Pianoplayer said:

Also, as it is the variegated variety, the white leaves are just the natural variation in the variegation! I get black bits on the leaves of mine when there has been a cold snap - so it's just the season.

Be reassured mine have had occasional black leaves but still here, and growing well, years later.

Fairygirl · October 2020

What makes you think they're rotted?
Did you think they'd be much bigger by now? It takes a long time for plants to establish. It's also perfectly normal for some specimens to do better than others in a hedge

Griselinia Hedge Unhappy

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