Hi,
One of my customers has a large shrub in her garden which has grown very large from a small cutting - the shrub is now about 20 years old. This year, we noticed it had started to look very sad from the center outwards. We are trying to determine what the shrub is as well as the cause of the issue.
The outer edges look very healthy, however the middle has a lot of dead wood and the leaves have started to yellow. On removing a few of the dead stems we noticed a few small patches of white fungus.
The shrub itself is very woody, with small-medium sized waxy leaves and delicate star shaped pink flowers. After some light research I found it might be a type of ceanothus but still unsure.
If anyone can help ID the shrub and perhaps shed some light on the ailment, would be greatly appreciated.
Here is the shrub in the border (center)
Here are the healthy leaves
Here are the flowers
And finally, here are the yellow leaves
Many thanks, Chris
