Help. Same thing happening in Rochester ny

Have you had any luck figuring this out, neversink? I had someone on a different forum who suspected a soil borne fungus. His suggestion was to mix 3 tablespoons of baking soda with a gallon of water and spray the entire shrub with it twice a week.

if its just that one small branch.. just prune it off ... and watch for re-occurrence ...

its not powdery mildew.. so i dont know what BSoda will do

and covering the plant with a BS dusting... isnt going to really help ...

being lower... can you rule out dog... or child damage???

be nice to know where you are.. my one holly took a savage beating the last two horrible MI winters ...

ken

btw/.. is this picture oriented the right way ... ken

It's not mold, but I wonder if it is due to the harsh winter. I had just a little bit 2014 but now both shrubs have it half way up to the top. I did put a net ( not tight) lying over the top, that snow laid on all winter.

I meant the top of the shrubs..the top half.

I'm in Greenville, SC and our winter was harsher than usual but the other two shrubs seem to be doing fine. Ken, the picture is oriented correctly and unfortunately, I can't blame pets or kids for the damage - only my lack of gardening skills. There are about 4 small branches that are affected and all of the leaves on each branch have turned colors. Some are still about half green but I suspect they'll be fully brown soon as most of them are. Should I prune all the way back to the trunk? This will leave a bit of a gap right in the front but I'm fine with it as long as they eventually recover.

show us a pic of the whole ... i am still leaning to just pruning it out.. and watching for it to come back ...

i wonder if the pic is right for you.. but sideways for me... is the brown soil??? on the bottom of the pic??? .. is this a straight down pic ... anyway ... just something wonky about it.. ignore me ... some of the leaves are not oriented properly ....

ken