Red Robin still bobbing along!
Bought a Photinia over a year ago.It started off healthy and has really flourished.
Diane
London
Bought a Photinia over a year ago.It started off healthy and has really flourished.
Diane
London
Also purchased 2 Mahonia both excellent.
Dave
Lincoln
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jaffa
Hello, It really depends on how narrow you want your screen to be, as if it is clipped back too hard (say less than 75cm) regularly, it will start to suffer over time.
Helen
Ginger
Hello, If it is the older foliage, I would not be too concerned as they naturally shed their older leaves as they put on new growth in spring. If however the yellowing is more widespread, then I would think it is a problem with either (could be too much or too little) or a lack of fertiliser.
Helen
Esta
Hello, There are a couple of things that spring to mind and these include... Viburnum tinus http://www.crocus.co.uk/plants/_/viburnum-tinus/classid.1000001838/ or Cotoneaster Hybridus Pendulus http://www.crocus.co.uk/plants/_/cotoneaster-hybridus-pendulus/classid.2000003017/
Helen
jillian
Hello there I can't be sure what is wrong with your Photinia but they can suffer from leaf spot,-a brown-purple spot. This is usually due to some form of stress, this wet winter won't have helped. Feeding with a general-purpose fertiliser like Vitax Q4 http://www.crocus.co.uk/product/_/vitax-q4-fertiliser/classid.2000009519/ or Growmore in spring or early summer should encourage healthy re-growth. http://www.crocus.co.uk/product/_/j-arthur-bowers-bowers-growmore/classid.1000000175/ Photinias respond well to pruning so thinning out some of the top growth on badly affected plants will also encourage younger, more vigorous growth later in the season. Also I would apply a mulch of well-rotted garden compost or manure around the base of the plant in early spring.
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