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Old 14-04-2013, 08:47 AM posted to uk.rec.gardening
David Hill David Hill is offline
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Default Dark purple blotches...

On 13/04/2013 22:04, Emery Davis wrote:
On Sat, 13 Apr 2013 17:35:36 +0100, rbel wrote:

That is what I was concerned about - I think that I will give it a
squirt with some fungicide to be on the safe side.


I actually have a little one of these planted last fall, I had it in the
pot for a while before. Mine has the blotches too. My experience with
photinia is that (in general) they're pretty frost hardy. I don't have
enough experience with Pink Marble to know whether it's more tender.
However a lot do seem to suffer from black spot, which seems very similar
to pyracantha scab. The problem with photinia is because the leaves are
waxy the fungicide has a hard time "getting in", so multiple treatments
appear to be called for... HTH.



Try adding a drop or two of detergent to your spray mix.