"Jean B." expounded:

Does anyone have any idea what is killing barberries in
Massachusetts? I live in a suburb west of Boston, and I just
noticed yesterday that there are some totally dead branches on one
of our barberries that had looked wonderfully healthy before that.
I was sort-of wondering whether the neighbor had poisoned them,
but when driving around this area, I see others that are totally
defunct or seemingly headed in that direction. If there is
anything I can do about this, I obviously want to. Thanks.

Jean, I think it was just the horrible winter we had. They're saying
it the worst since 1888. Wind burn is doing them in, I think. We
have blueberry bushes up in Maine that were hit hard, too. My roses
here were decimated.

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Ann, Gardening in zone 6a
Just south of Boston, MA
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