I’m seeing leaves like this scattered throughout...still plenty of healthy leaves

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could we have some pix of the whole plants ...

all evergreen plants.... shed leaves ..sooner or later ... it can be increased by any stressors.. like transplanting ...

once the plant starts shutting down leaves to shed them ... all kinds of things can make them look ugly ... what we have to do.. is define whether this is usual.. or something that needs to be fixed ...

if you didnt pick them all off... can you tell if they are interior.. or older leaves.. on previous years growth????

if it is stress related to the planting 1.5 years ago ... moving them again.. will only restress them ....

i would also like to know how large they are .. which of course.. the pic will solve ... but also .. how did you plant them ... fert??... bare root???... etc ...

ken

Here you go!...they look healthy to me in these pics, and now I feel silly for worrying about them. Maybe some of the damaged leaves fell off in the rain, and I picked several off yesterday. I just don’t want something to sneak up on me, as has happened before. They’re about 3’ tall and wide. I bought them all from a nursery, so they were in 3 gallon pots.

Yes, I’m glad we don’t have any ice storms to worry about! Hope you’re staying warm up there.

Is there a good garden store around that has a service where they look at bugs with microscopes and trouble shoot customers questions? In Austin, The Natural Gardener will do that.

@ Ken, Texas gets ice storms too, just not this year. I lost gobs and gobs of trees in one ice storm in '97. The forest had gunshots going off in it when the branches broke. I thought some crazies were out there shooting in the storm. We had an 1'+ accumulation around everything. It held the water in the ground and whole trees just fell over too from loosened soggy very friable soil and the weight above. Ice storms are scary. I run around with a broom or extendable painters pole and whack the trees close to the house. They were leaning over like crazy. Live oaks don't loose their leaves till spring and catch a whole bunch of ice.. That is one bad design if you ask me. At least their wood is springy and strong.

I’m not sure...I’ll call around! Thanks :) They’re looking better now that the sun is on them. This used to be southern exposure, but my neighbor put a large shed/building close to the property line so it’s northern exposure now and is harder to work with!