Everyone, GOLD KISSED should not be doing that poorly here. Gosh, it grows all over the country although I don't know what the budcounts actually are. But if people normally had budcounts of three on it, I am sure they would notice. It had a budcount of three last year but I chalked it up to being new. No such excuse this year. This happens to me sometimes. I get a daylily thats just a dog here in my garden, very poor performance. Yet others on Long Island would grow the same daylily just fine. But that didn't help me as I have to garden here. And you have all seen pictures of my garden. I have enough sun and decent soil. So when something just turns into a dog while others thrive, I really have no explination. CHEDDAR CHEESE always looks perfect and its the older one. As my personal preference, I do absolutele love, love, love that rich glowing golden yelly color that they both are. I zero in on it right away as I walk the garden.

Thanks so much John. I sure appreciate all your attention. I did think about edema, but it it's supposed to present at first as a kind of blister, or at least an elevated area. These are totally flat, and shine all the way through the leaves. And I'm 100% absolutely sure that it's not spider mites. I'm not friends with spider mites but very well acquainted with them in the past. The tree looked pretty sad when I got it but I hoped with proper fertilizing, light and watering it would perk up. It's not awful looking but I know the blotches aren't normal. It's only formed two new leaves since I've had it and they look the same :-( A friend suggested that it might be a possible mild zinc deficiency? Or mild nitrogen deficiency?

The head of what we saw looked exactly like the pictures of the Common Mynah. The yellow on the head was really bight. The size would fit the descriptions on-line. The dark color of the back was the color of one image described as immature. The breast was light brown. I thought I saw a distinct tint of yellow. My wife did not mention that. It flew in, rested for just a few seconds and disappeared. We had never seen it before or since. We must have seen a Mynah. Thanks.

Probably from the stress of roots being disturbed and shipping. It should recover and grow a new leaf.