Originally Posted by Ragnar

"Rondeco" wrote in message
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Hello all ,
I'm hoping somebody can identify an evergreen shrub that I
have in my garden so I can find out how much/when to prune it . It's
really got way too big at around 10ft tall and unsightly brown patches
have started to appear on it , the foliage has a slightly lemony smell
when rubbed between your fingers.
It's said a picture is worth a thousand words so here are three
pictures including a close up of the foliage .

T.I.A.
Ron

[image: http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/a...30/shrub1.jpg]
[image: http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/a...30/shrub2.jpg]
[image: http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/a...30/shrub3.jpg]



Foliage looks like Cedar to me. The brown patches are ominous - it could be
just a natural dying-off of one branch or two but it could be what killed
off my cypress hedge last year namely the dreaded Phytophthora, which was
discussed on a thread "Oh Dear :-(" in this very NG only a couple of days
ago
R.