24+ Leaf Spot Azalea Diseases

Affected leaves eventually turn brown and should be removed and destroyed. Anthracnose leafspot and dieback fungus glomerella cingulata.

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Leaf spot azalea diseases

Azalea gall this azalea disease commonly occurs in early spring on new leaf growth. Petal blight this fungus only affects flowers and appears as pale or whitish spots on colored petals or rust colored spots on white petals. Under severe conditions the spots may coalesce and form large irregular spots.

Azalea rhododendron diseases root crown rot. Leaf gall exobasidium vaccinii is a very common fungal disease in. Symptoms on leaves are characterized by numerous small round spots on both leaf surfaces.

The most common include. These spots quickly enlarge becoming soft and watery. Handpick and destroy the affected leaves.

Leaf spots brown or bronzed leaves with tiny black fruiting bodies on the dead tissues. The leaves become curled fleshy and pale green to white. Spray leaves with bayleton ferbam captan or a fixed copper fungicide.

See more details at leaf and flower gall. Premature defoliation may occur. The spots are light to rusty brown with a definite margin.

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