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Hi All

I bought a few butcher's broom shrubs by mail order and they arrived the other day. Two of the plants don't look that healthy to me:
Does that look normal, or are they diseased? If diseased, should I send them back? I haven't planted them in the ground yet, maybe they will recover when they are not pot bound anymore?

Any help and advice is much appreciated!

Many thanks

Sorry you didn't get an answer. Maybe other people like me never heard of butcher's broom, so didn't look at the post. But when I saw it still sitting here, I decided I should at least look.

So without knowing anything about your particular shrub, those circular marks are classic fungal disease signs. I don't know which one, but it doesn't really matter. If that is how they were when they arrived, I would send them back. Fungal diseases of plants can be difficult to treat and have the potential for spreading to other plants in your garden.