Brown Spots On Hydrangea Leaves

Hydrangea plants are some of the most beautiful, popular plants in residential landscapes. They come in many different colors, have large flowers and provide good shade during the summer months. However, they can also be susceptible to a disease called speckle leaf that causes brown spots on hydrangea leaves. If you notice brown spots on your hydrangea leaves or other parts of the plant then you may have speckle leaf disease on your hands (or in your garden). This post will explain what this problem is and how it can be controlled so that your precious shrubbery doesn’t become an ugly mess!

What is this brown spots and edges on my hydrangea leaves?

What is this brown spots and edges on my hydrangea leaves?

The brown spots are caused by a disease called speckle leaf. The hydrangea plant will always have speckle leaf after it has been infected. This disease can be controlled with good cultural practices, but do not expect to eliminate the problem completely once it has taken hold of your plants.

Speckle leaf is caused by excess moisture, so any cultural practices that limit the amount of water entering into contact with your hydrangea’s leaves will help reduce incidence and severity of the speckle leaf symptoms. Avoid overwatering or letting the soil get soggy when watering; mulch around your plants to encourage better drainage; don’t allow water from rain or irrigation to pool up against the stems and branches.

The brown spots are caused by a disease called speckle leaf.

Hydrangea speckle is a fungal disease that causes the leaves of your hydrangeas to develop brown spots. This can be aesthetically unpleasing and damaging to the plant, but it’s not dangerous or harmful to humans or other living things.

The spots are caused by a fungus that lives on the surface of the leaf and spreads quickly in wet weather conditions where there has been splashing water onto them. The speckle fungus doesn’t bother hydrangeas themselves because they grow from buds at their bases, so you would never see this symptom on any part of your plant except its leaves.

Speckle leaf can be controlled with good cultural practices, but once infected the plant will always have it.

If you have the proper equipment, you can control speckle leaf with good cultural practices. However, once your hydrangeas are infected with the disease, they will always have it. This is because speckle leaf is spread by water, wind or animals and insects that carry it from one plant to another.

Excess moisture encourages the disease.

Excess moisture encourages the disease.Providing your hydrangea with too much water can make it more susceptible to the fungal infection. If you want to keep your plant healthy and blooming, we recommend planting it in well-drained soil and watering deeply once a week when there is no rainfall. During winter months, you should water less often so that the roots don’t become overwatered.

Reduce water stress by mulching around your hydrangea plants and watering deeply once a week.

In addition to watering deeply, you can mulch around your hydrangea plants for added protection from water evaporation. You’ll want to use 3-4 inches of material that won’t hold too much water and will not be too hot in the summer.

Do not fertilize – fertilizing may cause some new growth but it will be infected again in no time.

Fertilizing a hydrangea is not recommended. In fact, you should let this plant go without fertilizer for about a year if you want to cure brown spots on hydrangea leaves. The only time fertilization is necessary is when the plants are young and just beginning growth. If you do fertilize and notice an increase in new growth, don’t worry; they will be infected again in no time.

Prune away any affected leaves and stems as soon as you see them to prevent the spread of the disease to other areas of your plant or to other plants in your landscape.

Prune away any affected leaves and stems as soon as you see them to prevent the spread of the disease to other areas of your plant or to other plants in your landscape.

To prune hydrangea plants, use sharp tools to remove dead wood when necessary and cut away any diseased branches or stems that have brown discoloration. You can also lightly trim back the uppermost branches at an angle to promote more branching lower down on the plant. To encourage flowering, cut off one-third of its overall length after it blooms each year.

Brown spots on hydrangea leaves are caused by a disease called speckle leaf.

Spot the cause of brown spots on hydrangea leaves.

Speckle leaf is a fungal disease that causes brown spots to appear on hydrangea leaves. The disease is most common in summer and autumn, but it can also occur in spring and winter if you live where winters are mild. If your hydrangea has speckles of white or grayish-brown growths on its leaves, it may have the disease. The spots will enlarge as time goes by until eventually they cover the entire leaf surface, killing off the plant’s chlorophyll production process (which is what makes plants green).

The best way to prevent speckle leaf from affecting your plant is by keeping it healthy with proper soil drainage and regular watering when necessary; avoid wetting leaves as much as possible when watering; do not over-fertilize (if you choose to fertilize at all).

If you want to keep your hydrangea healthy and beautiful, it’s important to control brown spots on hydrangea leaves. The best way to do this is by reducing water stress around your plants and pruning away any affected leaves or stems as soon as possible. Then you can prevent further spread of the disease in your landscape!