Black mold on hollies
Assuming our rainfall is the culprit, my 20 year old Nellie and Jos Stevens hollies’ shrub and tree leaves are black inside new growth. How might I treat? I had pruned back new growth to discover this ghastly mold.
Talbot County Maryland shrubs mold hollies possible scale pest insects
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Please send us photos of the whole shrub and infected leaves so we can see what you are dealing with. Some sucking insects like soft scales produce a honeydew as they feed on plant sap which fosters the growth of a black sooty mold.
Marian
