Garden Pests and Diseases: Hawthorn help!, 2 by Mkl223

Mkl223 wrote:
Hello, I bought my house over 5 years ago which had hawthornes as pictured all along the front beds. They are very established and have not had any problems at all. Suddenly this week the one bush went brown and lost most of its leaves. It had to have been very sudden because I didn't notice it in prior days at all. Does this look familiar to anyone as to what could have caused this? It's horrible that it is in the front yard next to a bunch of established 4 foot tall shrubs just like it, and it's driving me crazy! Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks, Michael