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Originally Posted by Island Girl
There are no holes in the leaves or leaf pieces on the ground. I live throught the devestation of the trees in NE by gypsy moths in the 70's and still look for that type of problem each year.
This is different, the edges of the leaves are brown and the leaves are turning yellow. A small maple is turning red.
It looks like fall.
IG
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IG, you are correct, it is not the worms. The maples are turning a redish brown and a few other early birds are turning yellow, the Beech trees. Mostly caused by the snap frost a week or so ago. It will take a little while but most will come back this year. The small maples (under 2") may not as they cannot handle the stress like other trees can.
I have a Weeping Cherry that was in full bloom just before the frost and now looks very bad. Just about time for a feeding anyway so hopefully that will get things rolling again. Luckily the Bleeding Hearts were not bothered by the frost and are coming in real nice.
The funniest thing about the way the weather has been is that our Rose of Sharon has just barely started showing buds this weekend. Very late to the game this year, but a very good thing in the long run, given the way the year has started out.