Any chance of posting images?

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Hi Jean,
Thank you. I will take a photo tomorrow and post it.

Here are a couple of photos of my Sarcacocca. I hope this will help you figure out why the leaves are turning brown. I want to see if I can get it back to green again. Should I fertilize? If so, what should I use? Should I cut of more of the brown leaves? Any help would be genuinely appreciated.

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I forgot to mention that the leaves feel quite dry. The soil is moist. I hope someone can help me with this? Thank you everyone.

No replies yet, so I thought I should bump up. I hope that is ok.

Can anyone help me with this please? I have no idea why the leaves are turning brown. Do you think it is because I pruned it? What can I do to get back to green again? Thanks soooo much for helping me.

Well nobody has responded I suspect because nobody knows. The Vinca looks perfectly happy so it doesn't appear to be a cultural problem e.g excess water or lack of nutrients

It could be be fungal in which case you could cut out all the brown and hope for the best. Cut the brown twigs back into healthy tissue. Don't just remove the brown leaves. If you don't mind using chemicals you could try a fungicide.

But that is only a guess. I've never seen Sarcococca with any problems. But I found a reference to Cylindrocladium buxicola aka box blight which says it affects both box and Sarcocca and I believe it has reached N America. Google it up and see what you think.

Here is a link that might be useful: Box blight

Flora - thank you for your reply. Well, I did remove all the brown leaves. I'll check again to make sure I remove all the brown twigs to a healthy growth. Yesterday, I noticed some new green growth coming in. I will spray it with Safer's Fungicide and see what happens. Yes, the vinca is growing quite nicely.