The stress of hot, dry conditions in midsummer can prompt leaf scorch in many landscape trees. However, extensive canopy dieback or tree collapse, particularly on one side of a tree, may indicate Verticillium wilt disease. Numerous cases of this vascular wilt disease have been confirmed by the UK Plant Disease Diagnostic Laboratory (UK-PDDL) in recent weeks.
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Date:
Monday, August 19, 2019