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Q.Azalea Disease?

feathers added on April 13, 2011 | Answered

An azalea has leaves that look like the “black spot”  my roses get – turning brown with black spots – like they have been burned. My son’s teacher told me there was a disease that makes the leaves look burned. What is it and how can I protect the plant? I sprayed a fungicide with no results. There is new spring growth developing, but no blooms this year!

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Heather
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Answered on April 13, 2011

Sooty mold or sooty canker can give leaves a burned look, but they normally do not manifest as spots, but rather as large areas that look to have been burned.

Older azaleas are susceptible to a condition called leaf spot. It is caused by a fungus and happens after cold winters. Normally it clears up on its own, but you can treat the plants with a fungicide to help clear it up faster.

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