Dog Woods

[lumberjack]

What attacks Dog Woods? A customer of mine has one that browned out rather all of the sudden. She has several others that are now dead/ have dead tops.

Will get some pics this afternoon.

[OTGBOSTON]

What kind of dogwood? off the top of my head I know that cornus florida gets anthracnose, powdery mildew, and borers.

[BostonBull]

They are also sensitive to change. Any work been performed in the area? How long ago were they planted?

[Frans]

gets anthracnose, powdery mildew, and borers. They can get skanky when too shaded and constantly wet feet.

[Paul B]

in addition to whats been mentioned, we get dogwood blight up here, mostly affects the native, Cornus nutalli.

[treelooker]

drought gets em bad; several just browned recently from last years drought.

[hugashe]

http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/mg267

[OTGBOSTON]

dogwood blight up here, .

no doubt the local common name for 'anthracnose'

[Paul B]

indeed. my bad.

[OTGBOSTON]

indeed. my bad.

not bad, good. Dirr has almost an entire page of different dogwood anthracnose names.

cornus florida is not a good landscape plant because it has been overplanted and the diseases are rampant here.

I'm thinking most of us are talking apples and oldsmobiles here anyway....8)

[Old Monkey]

I have a hard time with squirrels on my little dogwood, they're always chewing the bark off.

[lumberjack]

I figured it out today.

Aside from a drastic overwatering over the past months, the area was dug up to do some septic work and the evidence was concealed by pine straw. When I walked over it today and started sinking, a lightbulb came on.

Thanks for the info, I'll give her an update on the other dogwoods tomorrow when I get paid for some other tree work :)

[Old Monkey]

Good to hear your light bulb came on Carl.

[lumberjack]

Wish I had your sense of smell.

[Old Monkey]

It comes in handy sometimes.