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Old 10-12-2006, 03:34 AM posted to alt.home.lawn.garden
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Default Diseased Pussywillows


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No real damage here from the strong gusty winds the other night but we did
lose a few trees. Mostly just down across our woods roads but our only 2
Pussywillow "trees" in the back yard went down too. They were about 3" and
5" in diameter. They broke off at ground level. When I cut them up today I
saw they were both rotten down there. Some kind of disease or something.
Is there a Pussywillow blight ?



Spiny elm caterpillars (Nymphalis antiopa) feeding on pussy willow.
Pruning bushes also helps prevent disease, fungus and insect problems.