Sound like you may have watered it too much too soon. If several days later was less than 7 and the temp where you are isn't sweltering heat, the first watering should have been able to hold it until the next rain or watering. Also, does that area drain well or does it have a bit too much clay in the soil? I don't want to tell you to dig up your shrub, add some compost or other rotted, organic matter to the hole and soil around the hole and then replant it because so soon after the initial planting may cause shock. Hopefully, someone else has had your problem with shrubs before. I had the problem with potted roses back in 05 that I'd just planted and then the bottom leaves yellowed and fell off. Too much water; I let them dry out; they bounced back nicely. I hope this helps!

Hi, and welcome to the forum. It's natural for some of the outer leaves to turn yellow and die as new ones grow, but not the inner leaves at this time of the year..they should continue to grow for several more months in your zone I should think... Do you have a picture that you could post of your plant showing the yellowing leaves, that might help with a proper diagnosis...might they be sunburned? Donna

Rina -- thanks for asking, I only got it a few weeks ago. Yes, I pruned the heck out of it! It's starting to sprout all over now but I don't think the old leaves will ever turn up. Here's a photo where you can see my aggressive pruning job and some of the new growth. (And some of the old leaves which turn down.) I was worried to cut it so much, but it responded perfectly with new growth. I think it will have a ton of new branching soon. I have it in an east-facing window, so it gets nice light in the morning. In a few months, when I'm confident it's doing well, I may prune back the last few of the leggy, curved branches over the side of the pot. I feel really lucky to have gotten such a beautiful old plant and hope I'll have it for many years :)

High Ozone days? I'm in East Texas (Tyler), every day is a bad ozone day here..... I put up another photo. Macro, maybe it will help. I really do not think it's bugs, but maybe it is and I'm not seeing them. Yes there's frass on the leaves, but there's lots of caterpillars from the Gray Hairstreak and from some moths. I raise these few plants, to have nectar for butterflies and hummingbirds. I'm not really worried about the bugs. We have been fairly lucky with assassin bugs and mantises that help out the bug populations as well as lizards and toads. If it's a bug problem, that's natural, but if it's from the soil, then I just thought some type of fert might help. As far as what we use for fert? It depends on the time of year. Miracle Grow, either All Purpose or Bloom or Vigoro 10-10-10. In the early spring, as plants broke the surface, I did a dose of Miracle Grow Azalea due to the low Nitrogen content and a dose of Chelated Iron. Between the Nitrogen and the Iron, these plants have all become huge. Everything is about 25% taller than I have ever seen them. I'm kind of thinking that isn't a good thing..... I didn't have this "white leaf" problem, till they started blooming. Before that, they were the greenest I ever saw. They were really very healthy plants in the spring and early summer. With the Ozone and the UV the way it is here, it's hard on plants in the summer here. Heck, it's hard on the trees, more and more I see trees in the forests dying out and I figure it's got to hurt our plants too, but not all the plants are this way. As I said, the Coneflower is fine as well as the Coral Bells, Digitalis, Zinnias and Acanthus. I can try the fish solution (I have some), but probably not the Neem. As I say, if it is really bugs, I do not want to spray anything that might hurt the caterpillars. Some eat the Flowers and others eat the leaves, but they don't make the leaves to loose color. It's like the Chlorophyll is gone more than anything else. As far as fert right now, we would normally switch off from Bloom and Vigoro 10-10-10. Usually once every couple weeks during the hot summer months. I also think it's soil related because of the clay here. The beds have about a foot of good soil, but below that it's clay. Texas clay is a red clay and it's pretty bad stuff, so it might be because of that, except why does it only affect some plants and not others. If I were physically able or wealthy, I would dig the beds out about 3' deep, but that's not a realistic option. We have had Perennials here for about 4 years now and this is the worst year so far.