Sick Bay

[piskieinboots]

My glorious Bay Tree has developed a condition, see below, it is pot grown, four years old.

Any ideas?

Front of leaf


Back of leaf

[Flummery]

Dun't wipen off does it? It doesn't look too bad from those photos.

[piskieinboots]

No it doesn't wipe off - it appears almost as a black (brown!) spot like Roses

The whole bush has it and it has lost it's green gloss - clearly some sort of sickness. One suggestion is waterlogging, so I will try (!!) taking it out of the pot to see what the root ball is like.

[Nicos]

Not this is it????

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[Nicos]

Actually the 'spine' looks damaged...a touch of frost nip maybe????