They are now looking rather ick with spindly growth, the leaves are pale green and some have turned yellow and brown. Okay, again to quickly answer the questions: 1. Plants are 1 year old. The good news is, often these problems can be reversed with the right attention – and in some cases professional help. Too much water can also cause leaves to turn yellow. Question: Two years ago I planted a hedge of 50 cherry laurels. Cherry laurel leaves turning brown. The key to successfully treating any problem is to act quickly. There are a multitude of reasons why the leaves on a laurel turns yellow. Red Spots on Leaves, Holes there is Leaf Spot Leaf spot fungi cause red spots on the leaves of cherry laurel shrubs about the time new leaves become full-sized. Posted on: June 3rd, 2015. New spots continue to develop over the summer. In cherry laurels, the condition is often brought on by alkaline soil. My suppliers advised me to cut them down by half of their growth above one of the many buds on the stem, this will cause bushier growth and should cure the problem. We planted some cherry laurels in January. I think the Laurel must have been grown in the pots, or at least put in them a good time before we got them, the roots were well established and starting to shape to the pot, although I wouldn't say they were too badly 'pot-bound'. Hi Plantzzman, Thanks for the help. They gradually merge and rot out, leaving holes in the foliage. Keywords: Hi, ... turn more yellow, then turn brown if a dry condition continues. I've done this, and hope it'll be alright, but still wonder EXACTLY what might have caused this … Planted, watered and fed them well, and now find the lower leaves are turning yellow. The plants I used were cuttings that we're taken about three years ago and are abt 2 foot high and spaced 2 feet apart. This year, two of the three have a horrible problem where the tips of the leaves turn brown and die, causing the rest of the leaf to turn yellow, then brown and die. There are brown spots and holes on the leaves and white stuff on the trunk. A: First, there is a lot to like about cherry laurels (Prunus laurocerasus).They are popular evergreen screening and foundation plants, deer-resistant, and pretty tough once established. Had soil tested and ph was 7.6. Heavily infected leaves turn yellow or brown and fall prematurely. The Laurel hedge plants can be trimmed, removing the affected leaves, or you could treat the plants with a mildew fungicide, in all honesty neither is necessary as the plants will recover on their own. Cherry Laurels do not like too wet a soil. Leaves turn yellow or yellow-green when a plant does not have proper access to nutrients in the soil. Have tried to bring ph levels down. Why are the leaves of my laurels turning yellow? 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