[Diddy Gardener]

Hi,

Was looking at my pieris japonica last night (got it last year)... on a couple of the stems the leaves have gone brown and crispy, and when I ran my hand over the plant a lot of the green leaves fell off. Looks like it's dying - any ideas why and can I take any action to save it? The same has happened to my 'red robin' bush too.

They were fine a couple of weeks ago but gone severely downhill.

[DD.]

The first question has to be "are they in ericaceous compost?".

[Diddy Gardener]

Ah... probably not as OH planted them. Will replanting them help or I have some azalea plant food?

[DD.]

They both need ericaceous compost and a bit of azalea food won't come to any harm.

[Diddy Gardener]

Thanks as usual DD! 

[Yorkie]

Also, was it kept watered over winter or could it have dried out at any point?