Euonymous scale-suggestions?

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plantRN (Beth) L'ville, GA(Zone 7b) Aug 20, 2007

Hi all--I live in the south (GA to be exact) and my euonymous have a horrible scale infestation. I noticed earlier in the summer that my neighbor's euonymous tree was dying. I didn't know enough to worry that this 'disease' might travel to my yard. Sadly, it did and now all my euonymous shrubs are dead. These are older shrubs that have been healthy and green for the 9 years I've lived in my house--until this year. I suppose I will have to replace them since I don't believe they are salvageable. I was hoping that you all might have some suggestions for replacing them.

Here's the scenario: my house is a Cape Cod style, the shrubs are in the front and help cover the understory of my large front porch; they also provide lots of cover for the multitude of birds I feed in my yard. I would like something that is evergreen but this area gets the exposure to the setting western sun (very hot). Also, on one side I have an older sweet gum tree that I love, and I worry about upsetting her roots by digging up the shrubs. help?

THANKS! plantRN

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Resin Northumberland, United Kingdom(Zone 9a) Aug 20, 2007

Not a pest I'm familiar with, but if you're doing a search, spellcheck: Euonymus ;-)

Resin

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sallyg Anne Arundel,, MD(Zone 7b) Aug 22, 2007

Really, truly dead? In one year? I have a hedge of big ol' evergreen euonymus that I can cut completely and will regrow from stumps. Really tough to kill. Scale has affected parts of it at times but is recoverable at least here in MD. Maybe GA is much different.

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plantRN (Beth) L'ville, GA(Zone 7b) Aug 23, 2007

sallyg--thanks for writing. In years past, my euonymous (euonymus) have had a bit of damage, but this year the entire hedge of them is dead. I fear that the unbelievable drought we have in GA has been the final straw for them (last time I heard we were 16 inches below normal). I considered just cutting them back to the ground and waiting until spring (and trying to treat the scale). I may do that. I really don't want to replace them. But if we don't get a break from our 100-degree heat AND some rain soon, it won't matter--I'll have to replace ALL my shrubs. :(

Thanks again

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sallyg Anne Arundel,, MD(Zone 7b) Aug 24, 2007

Yes there's been some drought here too, but not as bad as yours. I read once to keep debris cleaned up from under the euonymus, so if you cut them down and wait I would rake up well under there and dispose. I had my hedge pretty defoliated by a different pest last year so I know that if the leaves are all gone you probably want to get rid of the horrible dead twigs anyway....Good luck, fingers crossed for rain and cool for ya.

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