Red Tip Photinia Fungus

Fungus on a red tipped photinia symptoms. Photinia is occasionally affected by scab diseases.

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Red tip photinia fungus!!!

A member of the rose family red tip photinia is susceptible to multiple diseases that can cause dark spots to develop on leaves. This disease commonly occurs on the southern landscape plant red tip photinia. It also defoliates indian hawthorn loquat flowering and fruiting pear hawthorn and firethorn. Branches and leafage that hover near the ground are particularly prone to leaf spot such as in hedges.

Red tip photinia is a relatively hardy and carefree shrub but it is susceptible to fungal diseases when conditions are wet or in humid climates. The main culprit among photinia bush diseases is entomosporium mespili the fungus that causes photinia leaf spot. Like most plant fungi this one thrives in the cool moist environment of the fall and spring and attacks the most vulnerable new growth that gives the shrub its name red tipped photinia and the disease spreads from there. Fire blight bacteria occasionally cause problems on photinia plants.

Named for the brilliant red new foliage it produces in spring red tip photinia photinia fraseri is a popular hedging shrub but in humid conditions it develops leaf spot infections. The price of entomosporium prevention includes sacrificing some. Entomosporium leaf spots first appear on older leaves as small red. Photinia leaf spot disease is caused by a fungal pathogen.

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