Mermaid question
 

I promised I'd find something about
a problem an acquaintance I meet
has with her Mermaid.

It is a large 25' + sized bush growing
through a beech? tree. Shes had it forever
and totally loves it.

For about 2 years now she see's a weeping
sore show up on the 1" thick canes. She showed
it to me and thats what it looks like.
The sores are about 2" long and they seem to mostly
occur @ 4'-8' above the ground. They don't girdle the
cane but they weep some kind of clear not very sticky
fluid. Itsnot copious just enough to be moist.

She says that about a year after she sees it the cane usually dies.

Has anyone seen anything like it? Any help would be appreciated.

--
Theo

in KC Z5