What is name of this bush

GILL C

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Jun 12, 2013, 4:34:50 AM6/12/13

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can anyone tell me the name of this bush and also why the leaves are
dropping off and going pale green/yellow?

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Billy

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Jun 12, 2013, 2:00:06 PM6/12/13

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In article <GILL.C....@gardenbanter.co.uk>,

Pyracantha
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Billy

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In article <GILL.C....@gardenbanter.co.uk>,
GILL C <GILL.C....@gardenbanter.co.uk> wrote:

Firethorn (Pyracantha)

Jeff Layman

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Jun 12, 2013, 2:16:03 PM6/12/13

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The plant is a Skimmia (probably one of the cultivars of Skimmia japonica).

Yellowing of the leaves is usually due to it being in full sun in dry
soil. It prefers moist, but well-drained soil, and partial to full shade.

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Jun 12, 2013, 2:33:44 PM6/12/13

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I was thinking it could be:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ciaranburkegardenphoto/5424272111/,
but just wasn't sure. This is the picture I was looking at. The leaves
look like the leaves in the original link.

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Jun 12, 2013, 11:21:45 AM6/12/13

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GILL C;984987 Wrote:
> can anyone tell me the name of this bush and also why the leaves are
> dropping off and going pale green/yellow?

It's a skimmia. They come in male and female, and yours is female
because it has berries.

I'm afraid it's hard to say why the leaves are going pale and falling
off as just about any reason that makes a plant unhappy would cause
this. Common unhappinesses include too wet, too dry, not enough light
and plant disease. I think skimmias are also prone to a bit of this if
grown in areas of alkaline soil. I think mine has had a few bits go
yellow die off from time to time, but in the long run it thrives and
gets bigger, despite being planted in a rather challenging very dry and
somewhat shady situation, and me never doing anything except cut out the
occasional dead bit.

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David E. Ross

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Jun 12, 2013, 7:32:34 PM6/12/13

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Uniform yellowing often indicates a lack of nitrogen. Have you fed it
this year?

Since others have already identified it as skimmia, I looked it up in my
favorite garden book. It requires an acid soil, so don't add any lime.
While it likes a really moist soil, it cannot take soil that is soggy
wet.

Skimmia is a broad-leaf evergreen shrub. With such shrubs, old leaves
often turn yellow and fall just before new leaves sprout.

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