"jojo" cgv_2000@*remove your hat*yahoo.com wrote in message
et...
I've been busy this summer, and yes, I have not looked at this tree in a
while.
I noticed it this morning, because some vine had grown up in it and were
blooming on top.
Then I took a closer look.
OMG!!!

This "tree" is kinda bushy, and all of the leaves on the lower part are
GONE!
just green twigs left.

The upper part is sparsely leafed, with obvious bite marks in the
remaining leaves.

What do I do? Is there any hope?

Kathleen, got any of those starters left from freecycle?

ACK!!

jojo

It's probably from the Sophora worm (caterpillar). I had a young "mountain
laurel" that was completely stripped of its newer leaves overnight from the
Sophora worm. It (the Laurel) came back fine in a couple of weeks without
any pruning.