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Jul 6, 2022 2:20 PM CST
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This is the second year I've had my limelight hydrangeas and they've been doing well, except I recently noticed a few areas on each plant that seem to have brown speckles/spots clustered together. I'm not sure if this is fungal? If I should just clip off and/or spray?

Any advice would be much appreciated!

Thank you,
Maggie
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Jul 6, 2022 2:33 PM CST
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Jul 6, 2022 3:07 PM CST
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Seems like pest (beetles, etc) injury/damage but could you please post close up pictures of the area with new small leaves in the center of the above picture? Thanks.
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Jul 6, 2022 3:10 PM CST
Missouri (Zone 6a)
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Maggsmuldoon said: This is the second year I've had my limelight hydrangeas and they've been doing well, except I recently noticed a few areas on each plant that seem to have brown speckles/spots clustered together. I'm not sure if this is fungal? If I should just clip off and/or spray?

Any advice would be much appreciated!

Thank you,
Maggie
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some type of little bug that is eating the surface of the plant.
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Jul 6, 2022 3:28 PM CST
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Jul 6, 2022 6:41 PM CST
Name: Luis
Hurst, TX, U.S.A. (Zone 8a)
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Yes, that looks like leaf injury from a pest that damages the leaf tissue. Opportunistic fungal infections can then result. To apply counter measures against the pest, it needs to be identified. Maybe it is a pest bug (that is the actual common name). If it is still present, you can monitor plants in the area, looking at both sides of the leaves, stems, etc during the day and night. You can also take frequent pictures of the affected shrub area from the same angle to see if the pests is still present or not. The affected leaves appear to be few so you can cut the laeves off or apply a general purpose fungicide to see if it controls the opportunistic infection caused by the pest but it is not much. If the pest has left, monitor for a few more weeks and make a note to check for bugs next year starting a month before you first observed the leaf injuries.
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Jul 6, 2022 6:46 PM CST
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Thank you @luis_pr and @Frillylily, I really appreciate you taking the time to respond Smiling
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Jul 6, 2022 8:59 PM CST
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?... Try this link to a youtube video, this is proven winners video about this very thing.
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