Hollies can usually recover from leaf spot.
The leaves of my newly-planted ‘Carissa’ hollies are covered in black spots. What should I do? Will this do long-term damage to my hollies? – Nikki
It sounds like your holly plants have been infected with a fungal disease known as holly leaf spot, sometimes called holly tar spot. It can be caused by several different fungi, but the symptoms are similar: the leaves develop black, brown, or yellow spots. Eventually, the infected leaves fall off the plant, leaving your holly bare and spindly. Leaf spot usually develops during wet spring weather, and the leaves begin dropping throughout the summer and fall.
Old Colorado City shops still struggling during holiday sales
Old Colorado City shops still struggling during holiday sales
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) - Many small businesses in Colorado Springs are still struggling to survive amid COVID-19 precautions, even with an increase in sales around the holidays.
While recent sales have been encouraging, Julie Fabrizio, owner of The Holly Leaf in Old Colorado City, told us she doesn t think the holidays will be enough to bounce back from the indoor retail shutdown months ago, and the fear some people still have for going out in public. When you ve been in business 26 years and you don t know if you re going to make it or not, it s kind of frightening, Fabrizio told us. You can t make up when you ve been down as far as all of us have been down, but if we can maintain and hang in there, hopefully next year will be better.