Yellowing leaves on half my lilac - Ask Extension
Each year for the 3 years since we planted this lilac it has developed yellowing leaves that eventually brown fall off and the affected branches do no...
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Yellowing leaves on half my lilac #877001
Asked July 12, 2024, 2:20 PM EDT
Each year for the 3 years since we planted this lilac it has developed yellowing leaves that eventually brown fall off and the affected branches do not grow well - whereas the other half if the plant is green growing and healthy. Beed advice for now and next year.
Dakota County Minnesota
Expert Response
Look for something that is affecting one side and not the other. Something in a small area of soil? Try a soil test.
https://soiltest.cfans.umn.edu/ There is a fee for this service.
Inspect the stems close to the ground. Rabbit or other varmint damage?
Herbicides being used in the area and they are drifting onto one side of the plant?
Any of the lilac problems that are described on this web page which would require a closer inspection to determine.
https://apps.extension.umn.edu/garden/diagnose/plant/deciduous/lilac/index.html
Last resort, send a sample to the plant disease clinic.
https://pdc.umn.edu/ There is a fee for this service.
https://soiltest.cfans.umn.edu/ There is a fee for this service.
Inspect the stems close to the ground. Rabbit or other varmint damage?
Herbicides being used in the area and they are drifting onto one side of the plant?
Any of the lilac problems that are described on this web page which would require a closer inspection to determine.
https://apps.extension.umn.edu/garden/diagnose/plant/deciduous/lilac/index.html
Last resort, send a sample to the plant disease clinic.
https://pdc.umn.edu/ There is a fee for this service.
