According the UC, IPM site: “A canker is a localized dead (necrotic) area on branches, trunks or roots. This disease can also cause foliage on infected branches to turn yellow or brown and wilt.
I do not think this is the case with your shrubs as you said they have been growing in the same place for years.Įntire branches dying back especially on larger shrubs or juniper trees may be due to twig blight. If the drainage is poor, the plants may develop root rot, causing the whole or parts of the plant to die. If you see brown, red, green or yellow eight-legged insects, your juniper has spider mites. Look at any small specks that fall on the paper through a magnifying glass. You can check for this by holding a piece of white paper under a juniper branch and shaking it. Browning and dying branch tips may indicate an insect infestation such as spider mites. The symptoms of branches turning brown could be caused by several things. Bagworms, spider mites, and the fungal diseases tip blight or twig blight, may cause the branches and twigs to lose their vibrant green color. However, despite their resilience, junipers are prone to a couple of diseases and insect infestation that cause browning. Junipers make for hardy trees and shrubs in the landscape as they withstand cold, heat and drought with ease. I have had these same shrubs for years and they have been getting the same care as always but suddenly they have browning tips and branches dying. Some of the branches have turned brown on my juniper shrubs.
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