I have a laburnum about 2 yrs old, flowers great, but the leaves appear and
then 'disappear' - no sign of them on the ground or any obvious sign of
pests, but I presume something is eating them ?? After the flowers have
gone - the tree is virtually bare all year, but hasn't died.
Any ideas ?

"Carole" wrote in message
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I have a laburnum about 2 yrs old, flowers great, but the leaves appear and
then 'disappear' - no sign of them on the ground or any obvious sign of
pests, but I presume something is eating them ?? After the flowers have
gone - the tree is virtually bare all year, but hasn't died.
Any ideas ?
I have seen leaves eaten by some form of caterpillar that loves laburnum. A
quick inspection will tell you if this is the problem.
As the tree gets bigger the problem will become less as the ratio of
leaves/caterpillar becomes bigger