Azalea Leaf Curl

The adult feeds on the underside of the leaves causing them to curl. The undersides of the leaves become discolored by excrement and cast skins.

Garden Of Aaron April 2014

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We ll list them here and you can decide what might be making your plant wilt. At 25 ºf the leaves will be curled very tight and begin to droop. This problem is not caused by insects or disease but is a way the plant reduces water loss from its leaves during cold dry windy weather. When a plant is still wilted after watering well there might be several causes of this problem.

Powdery mildew is a disease that shows up most prominently on new leaf growth. Look on the leaves underside always check by day and night. Rhododendron leaves begin to cup and curl at the edges when temperatures drop to below 35 ºf. Flower buds may be white on the outside and never open.

Other than the curling the plant looks perfectly healthy. Blistered areas on leaf edges that causes them to curl upward. If you re relying on an automatic sprinkler system and assuming that it s delivering the same amount of water to all the plants because the soil looks damp. Azalea lacebug upper surface of leaves has a gray blanched or coarse stippled appearance.

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