Leaf spot, caused by the fungus Entomosporium maculatum, is a widespread and destructive disease of red tip (Photinia fraseri). Many people know this and red tips are not used much anymore. However, ...

Leaf spot, caused by the fungus Entomosporium maculatum, is a widespread and destructive disease of red tip (Photinia fraseri). Many people know this, so red tips are not used much anymore. However, ...

Keep your red-tipped photinias from “blighting-out” by starting a spring fungicide application program for Entomosporium leaf spot. This disease, also referred to as photinia leaf spot, is the No. 1 ...

Q: Could you please identify the problem with this leaf? We have four of these trees that line our patio and provide wonderful shade. Each of the trees is showing the same spots. There is new leaf ...

QUESTION: I am noticing some black spots on some of the lower leaves on my photinia bushes. Is this cause for concern, and, if so, is there anything I can do about it? ANSWER: The spots you’re seeing ...

With so much rainfall this spring and summer, the conditions have been right for fungal diseases to pop up on many of our plants. In particular, fungal leaf spots have been showing up on many ...