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Bush gone brown, second year in a row

Martin GardenerMartin Gardener Posts: 70
in Problem solving
Hi folks, wondering if anyone has ideas as to what my problem is here and any solutions. See photos attached. This bush has been growing in this spot for many years without trouble. Then last year in May lots of the leaves went droopy and then brown. The bush came back by the end of the summer. The same thing has happened again this year. 
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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Could it be drought?  We've had a very dry spring and the ground several inches down where the roots are is very dry ... and a site next to a wall will always be extra dry.  

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • Martin GardenerMartin Gardener Posts: 70
    No definitely not drought. I checked the soil and it is very damp.
  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445
    What is the plant Martin? some have a fairly short life however well you treat them


    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • Martin GardenerMartin Gardener Posts: 70
    Not sure what the name of the plant is unfortunately. But it has been in this location for many many years, more than 10 years.

    It is strange that the same thing happened in May of last year. But the plant recovered over the summer. That would indicate something is affecting it, no? 
  • raisingirlraisingirl Posts: 7,093
    Martin Gardener said:
    That would indicate something is affecting it, no? 
    Maybe, but it could also be weather related - last May was very wet, this May has been cold - perhaps it likes warm, dry weather
    Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon

    “It's still magic even if you know how it's done.” 
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Alternatively - it could like very dry conditions and the soil is permanently wet.  :/
    Foliage dying can often be very wet or very dry conditions, and the end result can look the same. 
    Some of that new, live foliage in the first pic looks familiar, but I can't place it. 
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • mikeymustardmikeymustard Posts: 495
    Looks a bit euonymous-y if it's the shiny leaved thing.
    I'd still go lack of water; we've had some rain the last coupla weeks, but maybe not enough to get down to the roots of a well grown shrub (and the damage has already been done). It has been really very dry again this year
  • Martin GardenerMartin Gardener Posts: 70
    This is not the most clearest of photo but that's the plant April 2021
  • GardenerSuzeGardenerSuze Posts: 5,692
    Euonymous would be my thought.  Could it be a bout of scale insect that it has recovered from. The Yucca would indicate a dry site.
    I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
  • AnniDAnniD Posts: 12,585
    I think @mikeymustard is right, and it's some type of euonymus (not the fortunei type ).
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