I live in a townhouse--When I first bought it (brand new), there was a white dogwood in the front yard. After many, many years this beautiful dogwood died. I planted a new one, but the recent 17 year bug got it. I have a new dogwood planted in the same spot--having planted it approximately April of this year. This is in my front yard--which faces south.
The dogwood is white--it is the variety that blooms in very early spring--the kind where the flower is separate from the leaf (not the flower appearing kind of on top of the leaf). The flowers were beautiful. After they bloomed, the leaves have been a beautiful shade of green--there are the (I'm not sure what you call them)--what looks like seed buds on the tree.
Now, the problem I am having is this: I live in Maryland, near Washington, D.C. We have been having very hot weather recently. I have been watering the tree--deep watering--not every day. Last night when I came home from work I noticed that a number of the lower leaves were turning yellow. This concerns me a great deal. It may be that this is the time when these leaves turn yellow, but I'm not sure--and don't remember from my past dogwoods. Am I having a problem and don't know it? I have researched the various diseases, etc., and haven't found anything that addresses this. It's not leaf scorch--as it's the whole leaf that is yellow. (I am a bit concerned that maybe my neighbor is watering my tree also--I have spoken to him now--and he's aware of the problem now, but I know he wouldn't admit if he was watering also--though he did say he was watering my yard. I was wondering if he was "watering" the leaves also--as I had read that you should water from the top--to keep the water off the leaves--would that have done this to the tree?)
Any help you can give me would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
The dogwood is white--it is the variety that blooms in very early spring--the kind where the flower is separate from the leaf (not the flower appearing kind of on top of the leaf). The flowers were beautiful. After they bloomed, the leaves have been a beautiful shade of green--there are the (I'm not sure what you call them)--what looks like seed buds on the tree.
Now, the problem I am having is this: I live in Maryland, near Washington, D.C. We have been having very hot weather recently. I have been watering the tree--deep watering--not every day. Last night when I came home from work I noticed that a number of the lower leaves were turning yellow. This concerns me a great deal. It may be that this is the time when these leaves turn yellow, but I'm not sure--and don't remember from my past dogwoods. Am I having a problem and don't know it? I have researched the various diseases, etc., and haven't found anything that addresses this. It's not leaf scorch--as it's the whole leaf that is yellow. (I am a bit concerned that maybe my neighbor is watering my tree also--I have spoken to him now--and he's aware of the problem now, but I know he wouldn't admit if he was watering also--though he did say he was watering my yard. I was wondering if he was "watering" the leaves also--as I had read that you should water from the top--to keep the water off the leaves--would that have done this to the tree?)
Any help you can give me would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.