i took a lot of browning damage to many of my evergreen shrubs in my z5 ... just a tough winter ... life is in the buds ... if they survived.. then the plant survives.. only time will tell if those buds start swelling and show life ... i would wait until late spring.. before i go pruning out any dead stuff ... dead leaves usually fall off themselves ... fertilizing a stressed plant.. will not help ... in case that is the next question .. lol .. you should expect new leaves and flowers.. when the soil warms sufficiently to activate growth ... and that is left to the fates of mother nature ... just because you have the fever to go out and fix it .... i suggest that you wait to 'see what happens' .... was this a new plant last year.. and did you fertilize it???? sometimes winter damage is a function of a plant not properly hardening off the fall before.. which MIGHT be caused by too much fert at the wrong time of year .... good luck ken

Red roots don't equal root rot - black and dead roots do. Further, newly planted plants (how long ago?) seldom go out rapidly with a disease. Much more often the cause is abiotic -- that is, a non-living cause such as cultural. Here's the list of Plants Susceptible to Phytophthora Diseases Genus Common Name Abies* - true fir Alnus - alder Arctostaphylos - kinnikinnick Brassica -cabbage Buxus* - boxwood Chamaecyparis* - Port-Orford-cedar Cornus* -dogwood Cotoneaster -cotoneaster Daphne* -daphne Erica -heath Fragaria* -strawberry Gaultheria -salal Ilex* -holly Juniperus* --juniper Kalmia mountain laurel Lycopersicon* -tomato Malus* -apple, crabapple Medicago -alfalfa Microbiota* --Russian cypress Pieris* -andromeda Pinus* -pine, mugo pine Prunus -cherry Pseudotsuga -Douglas-fir Rhododendron* -azalea, rhododendron Rosa -rose Rubus* -raspberry Solanum* -potato Tsuga* -hemlock Vaccinium* -blueberry, cranberry Viburnum -viburnum * = Commonly infected by Phytophthora

Container is too big for that tree. Soil may be wet to long. Garden fungicide might help.. Steve

Tj, it was dry and I added the water after I took the pic. The second plant still had water. I don’t think it’s mature enough to bloom. The parent plant was almost the size of a large Aechmea when it bloomed, then later died. When I got the dead plant it had two small pups. Original plant had a beautiful bloom, more colorful than the faceatta, with blue and purple In addition to pink. I’ve put them both back outside. This lightening goes totally thru the leaf, leaving it with very little substance in those lighter areas.