Here are the pictures of the very ugly (and possibly sick?) shrub that's in my daughter's front yard. There are several others in the neighborhood, some of which look better than this one, but still they're pretty ugly. I'm going to be digging it (and its counterpart on the other side of the house) up, but I'm curious what kind of shrub it is, is it sick, and therefore is it worth saving. If it is, I'll plant it someplace else, because I hate throwing away live plants. I'm just not going to leave it right in front of the house where its ugliness is very noticeable. Closeup. A couple more from further away. You can see some new growth at the tips, but it's just so sparse and weird colors everywhere. What do you think? Sick? OK but just ugly? A little of both?
Ronni, it looks to me like it has a fungal infection. I have seen the shrub, but nothing is coming to mind but pittosporum and I don't think that would grow there. Pitt has an odd fragrance or odor, depending on your olfactory senses....But if it is a pittosporum, DON'T spray it with daconil (brand name) or cloronithanal(trade name and would be listed as the active ingredient) that is not a listed plant for the fungicide. May even kill it.
Some parts of. It look a bit like a choisya ternata- especially the palmate leaves.Normally though that is an attractive shrub,which this poor plant definitely isn't .I can't help with what might be wrong with it though.
Well it, and its brother on the other side of the house, are both coming out. I'm just trying to determine if it's worth re-planting them elsewhere and trying to save them, or if they're too far gone to bother with. I don't like them, so I'm leaning towards just getting rid of them all together. On the other hand, I HATE just throwing away any plant that's still living, that there's still hope for, even if I, personally, don't like it.
Ronni, get rid of them. Set them out at the curb and put a "free" sign on them. If no one picks them up then you can put them in the trash. Honestly, if you don't like them get rid of them. they look sickly anyway.
Thanks Carolyn! What a good idea, and that's exactly what I'll do! Thanks for giving me permission! I really needed someone to just tell me it was ok.
If you don't like it, it should go. No more reason needed than that! Life's too short, yard's too small...!
I finally made myself get rid of a plant. I didn't want it in the first place. But I said, okay I'll give it a home and planted kinda out of the way. And then when I found something that would go in that spot perfectly, I dug that sucker up and tossed it in a brush pile in the pasture. Adios! Goodbye! Hope I don't see you later!
Me too. They have a fungal problem and do the same thing. Everyone here has removed them because of it and its a common plant that some use in new house construction. They still use them here when a house is completed and is for sale.
