Azalea

The branches on my bush have a green type mold on them. Also, there are what appears to be black bubbles on the branch. Can you tell me what to do with it?

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#1 Comment By Nikki On 05/17/2012 @ 6:12 am

The greenish mold is lichen and is commonly seen on stressed plants. It will not harm the azalea but is merely a signal that something else is going on with the shrub. Here is more info: https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/fungus-lichen/treatment-tree-lichen.htm ^[1]

As for the black on the branches, it is most likely either sooty mold or sooty canker. Here is more information on these diseases:
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/trees/tgen/tree-disease-identification-sooty-canker-fungus.htm ^[2]
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/plant-problems/disease/how-to-get-rid-of-sooty-mold.htm ^[3]

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