Hi Peter! A lot of our yews & junipers have large brown dead areas this year, we’ve live here for over 20 years, and have never seen this happen. And some of the other trees & shrubs are having a rough time, two of our Althea trees don’t look like they are going to make it. Is this a result of the winter we had, or could it be something else? We live right in Glenville. Thanks in advance! Gary & Barb
It was one of the roughest winters in about 20 years. You are not alone…there’s been lots of damage to evergreens this year. Trim away the damaged areas and it will fill back in eventually. If you haven’t seen any signs of growth on your altheas by now, you can assume they didn’t make it.