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Disease identification
juniperms
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Hello friends,
can anyone tell me what is happening to my ceanothus? I can’t determine if this is disease or some pest. The area where this is planted has been overrun with vole tunneling. This particular one was struggling so I cut it bag and dug it out. There are two others in the same location with the same wounds.
can anyone tell me what is happening to my ceanothus? I can’t determine if this is disease or some pest. The area where this is planted has been overrun with vole tunneling. This particular one was struggling so I cut it bag and dug it out. There are two others in the same location with the same wounds.
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Not sure what’s caused that damage ... looks a bit like historic sawfly damage but I’ve not known them to cause a problem on ceanothus ... perhaps others know?
However, that does look very mature for a ceanothus ... they’re not known for longevity. I suspect it’s past it’s best and is ripe for replacement.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
thank you! This is helpful. These shrubs are indeed, quite old. It was during the process of cutting them back and digging them up (for replacement) that I discovered these wounds.
I was replacing them because they were slowly dying back and half the shrub was looking quite sad. Then figured these wounds were the cause 🤷♀️
cheers!