What’s wrong with my holly bushes?
Kael Miguel
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Holly bushes dying; pictures of strange substance inside
Comments (20)I don't use any oils or pesticides for insect control as I grow organically. google Arbico. they specialize in beneficial insects. I ordered three praying manti egg cases. one for my yard and for my neighbors on both sides. one egg case hatches abou two hundred manti. They devour every insect you hate. and once they live out their life cycle they lay their own egg cases. so now I have an ongoing population of manti. I live an hour north of death Valley so its a desrt hot blazing summers freezing winters if my manti can stay alive year after year your area will support them as well. also consider Ladybugs these are literalyy the toughest bug in the pack they eat every single pest bug you can imagine problem is when they eat everything they move on to find more food. I even take my baby manti indoors to work over my bonsai and houseplants I leave a couple of windows open all the time for my cats to get in and out. so manti have an escape, or entrance if they choose. I grow vegetables, tobacco, fruit, housplants and bonsai. this was a permanent and inexpensive solution to my bug problem. Good Luck!!!!...See Morehow to propogate buford holly bushes ??
Comments (3)I have two Burfordii hollies in my yard from air layering. You use the method for rubber plant. I.e. make a diagonal cut in your holly stem, not all the way through. Dust cut edges with rooting hormone, and insert wet sphagnum moss. Wrap more moss around the cut, wrap the whole thing with plastic (clear), and tie at top and bottom (I use rubber bands which I cut and tie). I do this in early summer and the roots are filling the plastic wrapping by fall. Then cut off your newly rooted plant and put in a pot where you can keep an eye on it (don't let it dry out or get too cold in winter) and plant it out next spring. Mine are now about fifteen feet tall, and about twenty years old. This system works great for azaleas or camellias also!...See MoreWhat’s wrong with my knockouts?
Comments (15)Hey! Don't despair! It's quite likely it's got nothing to do with you or anything you're doing; it may well just be an issue there in that location that needs a bit of detective work to identify. A few questions that may help us get to the bottom of it: Can you have close look at the leaves, please, and tell us: - whether (what I think I see) the yellowing is starting in the leaf veins while surrounding leaf tissue remains green for a while, before turning yellow and dropping? - Is it the newer leaves mainly that are yellow, getting better/greener as they get older, or vice versa - the young leaves normal/green, but yellowing as they get older? - Also, how compacted clay-ey is that soil of yours? When it's dry, does it become almost rock hard? - If your home is new, is there a possibility there could be builders' rubble under your garden bed, eg lumps of concrete, bricks and so on, which could be leaching lime, making the soil in that area extra alkaline, esp after rain? - (Maybe others can answer this one; I'm def not an expert) - that yellow mottling of leaves wouldn't be Rose Mosaic Virus, would it? I have to confess that although Adelaide isn't really that far from Melbourne, I've never spent any real time there (in Melbourne). Everyone complains about the cold weather there, but I think that might just be Australians' idea of cold, which may not be quite the same as in places with actual cold climates! :-)...See MoreWhat’s wrong with my rhododendron?
Comments (3)The brown and grayish areas are from frost damage and an opportunistic fungal infection. The rhodies are not used to cold weather yet or you got unusually cold temperatures. Keep giving them TLC. No fertilizers while they are stressed. Once they begin to leaf out, give them a little Holly Tone for azaleas at half strength. I would throw away in the trash all the leaves that fall down as soon as possible to minimize spreading fungi. Do not fertilize late in the growing season so they harden in time for winter....See MoreYardvaark
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