new transplant??? .....

improper watering ...

ken

Yeah I kinda thought it's water too. But is that likely too much or too little water though?

insert finger or hand trowel .. and dig at least two 3 inch holes... maybe a tablespoon ... one hole in the root mass planted ... and one in native soil around it ...

AND FIND OUT ...

also.. ALWAYS add your location ... as well as info on weather since planting .. along with info on native soil.. and what went in the hole ... and any other pertinent info beyond a pic of some brown leaves... like how have you been watering it ...

you might also give us a pic of the whole plant.. so we might opine as to how bad it all is ...

see link for parts pertinent to you ...

ken

https://sites.google.com/site/tnarboretum/Home/planting-a-tree-or-shrub

Added zone info.

Well, I won't be able to find out (quickly) now by digging. Just had a thunderstorm with rain pouring down all night. Guess I'll see if that helps.

The whole plant itself isn't bad. Aside from the brown patches, there is no other obvious issue. No leaves/branch die back.

The last couple of weeks has been hot and with clear sun. Just hovering over 30C degree and the location gets full sun from morning to probably 3-5pm. However I have some hydrangea (also new) in the vicinity so I have been forced to water them daily with this heat. I did try to avoid the Burning bush somewhat when watering so it isn't soaked every day. The soil in that spot is decently deep, but hasn't been planted with for probably over a decade. I added alot of compose before planting. Lota cedar mulch, more so on the hydrangea, but should be a good 2" around the burning bush too.

i am sure the rain probably did the trick.. but those leaves will not recover.. so dont go hoping for that ... watch that it doesnt spread ...

i hope you compared you planting method with the link i gave.. for future planting ...

ken

Yeah I looked at the link... for the most part I did similar with the obvious difference that I added compose while the link says no soil amendment.

Anyway, have to take back my words about the plant overall looked ok. Just took a closer look, especially at the back of it (which I didn't check previously). Some leaves are falling off for sure, Also I wonder if maybe some critters are chewing on the leaves & new low-hanging branches a bit too,,., hard to tell but there are a lot of wild rabbits in the area.. (ate all the crocus, lilies flower buds)

Pic of full plant....

whyandrew, rabbits do indeed love to munch on this shrub. But usually, that's a winter thing. This time of year, there is typically much better fare than some tree bark!

ahh snap, didn't think rabbits would like something so woody looking. We're in area of townhouses, so not much real yards around and many people didn't plant anything aside from the shrub hedges & trees so I guess there aren't much for the rabbits to choose from. And there are visibly a lot of rabbits... or maybe the same 3 rabbits that keep running around me lol.

We planted maybe 100 crocus and 12 lilies bulbs. Barely a few crocus managed to open up briefly and then still got eaten, and all lilies were gone. Bad rabbits.... bad. Even the flower bed with annuals constantly got random holes from the rabbits digging for food.

The post is five years old so whatever the issue, it is long forgotten. But it wasn’t spider mites. The symptoms are very different and an outdoor hardy shrub in Toronto would have been a highly unlikely plant for them to attack anyway.

eta the post to which I was responding has been removed.

I guess for closure, no didn't really figure out what was wrong. As far as I can remember it continued to get worse and the plant didn't survive that season or over-winter.