Juniper Bark Falling Off

[johnrgoforth]

Hello everyone. I'm having a little problem with a Green Mound Juniper. I've had the tree for about 6 weeks. I had a small branch towards the bottom of the tree turn brown, and I noticed that part of the bark had fallen off somehow (first picture). I trimmed it off thinking it may have been damage during shipment. But then I noticed about a week later another branch with the same issue (second and third pictures). Now a third branch seems to be starting to have the same problem. All three of the branches were located on the lowest limb of the tree. Any ideas? Also, I live in central MS. I water the tree every morning, and it gets about 6-7 hours of sunlight a day. Thanks!

 

[garywood]

John? there is a good chance it's Juniper Twig Girdler an insect larvae. There is also a chance it's mechanical. Such as, a label left on to long or a number of things. There's nothing that can be done for the branch but look closely for any other possible damage.

 

[M. Frary]

That's weird. Is the bark falling off? Or is it disappearing?