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Hello,

I have a small Procumbens Juniper, and it has been going really well. This year in Spring (September - in Australia) I did the repotting (using the same guidance I had when I repotted it the first time two years ago).

I then kept the tree protected from direct sunlight as recommended.

However, although the tree seemed ok, it started to show what it appeared to be leaves going gray-ish. I then took a very closer look and noticed small webs (spider mites). I sprayed the whole tree, and they seem to be gone now.

The tree now looks like this:





My questions are:

1. Is this dieback?

2. Should I prune this out, and if so, when? (we are almost at the end of Spring here in Perth - Western Australia)

Thank you for any tips/help

Cheers,
Leo

Yes, theere are a few needles in the top that are dead. It is not possible to tell from your photo if it is one branch or more. It is not possible to tell if there are healthy shoots on the branches with dead foliage.

There are also a cluster of dead and dieing needles on the cascading branch.

There are no reason other than aestethic to cut it away. I would wait until it is totally dead before I prune. And then I would just remove thin branches and foliage leaving the wood. After that I would have plenty of time to make a decition wheather some of it can be made into jins or not.

Thank you! I will follow the advice and hold back the pruning until is completely dead, I got no rush in doing it.

Next time I will try to take more close up photos too.

Cheers!