Leland Cypress Tree Treatment Atlanta

Leyland cypress (x Cupressocyparis leylandii) has grown in popularity in the Southeast and Atlanta over the last few decades, especially in its use as a fast-growing, screening plant. With the increased planting that has resulted from its popularity, various diseases and pest problems have become more evident with these beautuiful trees.

As with any plant, the first step to a healthy Leyland cypress is to provide it with the cultural conditions that it needs. Ultimately, a vigorously growing plant is always better able to survive disease and insect problems than is a stressed one. In general, Leyland cypress requires full sun, and prefers moderately fertile soil that is moist and well drained.
    The Leyland Cypress trees across the Southeast are dying from the inside out.  They should be foliated to the trunk.  If you see dead spots in your Leylands, Tomahawk Tree of Atlanta has the answer.  The Disease: Cercosporum can be treated by your Tomahawk Arborist.

    Two diseases commonly cause brown branches on Leyland cypress: seridium canker and botryosphaeria canker.  The best way to tell the difference, aside from examining the branches and looking for spores, is to run your hands across the branches of newly affected trees. If the needles fall off upon touching, then it is Seridium and if they stay attached then it is Botryosphaeria.

Using this method, you will probably be right almost 100% of the time. The reason is that Botryosphaeria cankers expand to girdle the branch, which when it gets large enough, kills the branch fairly quickly. Hence the needles remain attached.

However for Seridium canker, the cankers don’t enlarge to girdle the branch. Rather the cankers enlarge longitudinally, with multiple cankers developing around the branch. Collectively the cankers interfere with water flow and the branch wilts, yellows, and eventually turns brown. Because of the lack of water, the symptoms often resemble drought stress, and the needles will fall off when touched. Also Bot canker tends to affect one or two branches in a localized area, such as at the base of the tree or where the tree was pruned or injured from ice storms, etc.


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