What USDA Zone do you live in and generally, where do you live? Any good advice would depend on that information. Mike

Willows - Salix species - are prone to a host of fungal and insect issues but few that bother foliage enough to be a concern. Too often folks freak out about leaf spotting or minor insect issues and rush to spray something........usually unnecessarily. Plants get problems and blemishes - pretty much a fact of life and the natural course of events. At this time of year, as ken notes, there is nothing you need or should do other than clean up fallen leaves and discard.

As an experienced nursery person, horticulturist and garden designer, I have trouble imagining a more low maintenance, trouble-free shrub than laurels!! Any kind of English or cherry laurel, Prunus laurocerasus. Skip laurel is a just a laurel cultivar with slightly increased cold tolerance but otherwise no different than any other cultivar wrt growing conditions. In areas where they are fully hardy, they will grow in both full sun and heavy shade, will tolerate extended dry periods when established but will thrive with periodic deep soakings during those dry periods. In fact, they grow so well here, they are on the monitor list as a invasive species as birds eat the seeds and spread them throughout green belts and native forested areas. Very little bothers these shrubs - they can be subject to some deer browse and shothole disease but virtually never to the point that the plant fails or dies. They can even be grown successfully in heavy clay as long as they are planted correctly for the conditions. The only observation I can make about the previous posters' issues is that the plants' root system was compromised at time of planting, the rootball was not properly hydrated before planting or they were planted incorrectly. With properly draining soil conditions, it is pretty darn hard to overwater these!! These are such easy care, low maintenance shrubs, they are used extensively in institutional or commercial plantings that receive virtually NO aftercare.

it always helps to tell us where you ar.. big city name.. but generally yes.. right now is the time ... my usual suggestion is 6 to 8 weeks before the heat of summer starts to build in july or so ... you dont mention size when planted or any other relevant info ... but generally.. just dig them back out.. maybe 6 inches wider than the gob planted ... presuming you can move them based on size and weight ... it would be best to dig the new hole first to general size.. dig out the plant.. hoik it over there ... throw it in the hole ..... settle it in at proper depth.. run the house on it .. THEN backfill ... hose at half refill level .. then finish refilling ... and you probably wont have to water again until the heat of summer starts pulling water from deep in the soil ....once a month trickle water to water at root depth ... spraying the surface will be useless ... its will be stressed.. not hungry.. never fert a transplant .. except for the hard work.. this is no big deal ...its why they sell all these plants in spring ... because its time to move and plant them ... see link for this.. and planting the new stock .. ken https://sites.google.com/site/tnarboretum/Home/planting-a-tree-or-shrub