About a month after it was planted, I noticed yellowing of the leaves. Thinking this might ... do to ensure this shrub survives? A: Texas mountain laurel is a drought-tolerant species native ...

Question: My Texas mountain laurel has yellow leaves, and they continue to get more yellow as time goes by. It faces southwest, has two adjustable emitters turned down low, watering once a week ...

Question: We have a Texas mountain laurel that gets full sunlight ... is high in nitrogen for green leaves (or blades) of grass. A plant you wish to flower but give too much nitrogen will get ...

A: Texas mountain laurel (Calia secundiflora) are fairly tough plants and have only a few minor insect problems that may cause limited defoliation or distortion from feeding. Losing all the leaves ...

Dear Neil: What would be stripping leaves off my mountain laurel? It happened about this same time last year. A: From your photos and from my many years of growing Texas mountain laurels ...

Q: We have a grouping of Texas mountain ... is dying. Each of the three trees is 15 to 20 feet tall. Last year, one of the trees died suddenly, and this year, a second one died. Now the leaves ...

What could be causing this? A: The first thing I notice in your photographs is that the plants are both growing in very shaded locations. Texas mountain laurel is native to hot, sunny hillsides in ...