Aucuba Japonica blardy carking it

[TheHerdNerd]

I've got an Aucuba in a REALLY sunny spot that seemed okay for a couple of years, but is now losing all its leaves and grew hardly at all this year. The leaves on the stems turn yellow and just fall off.

The symptoms seem consistent with waterlogged roots (and we've had a wet summer...) but no other plants in that bed are suffering from it!

Feeling really silly as aucubas are supposed to be idiot proof. Ideas?

Bump for you

Thanks, NL... nobody cares, though.

My poor doomed aucuba.

blimey, killing an aucuba, that's advanced ... too sunny and hot? they like a bit of shade. waterlogging like you said? planted in very shallow soil over rubbish/rubble so had run out of nutrients? got any nasty beasties on it - scale under the leaves? Does sound very poorly. Vine weevils? (did around the roots, they are little white grubs, eat away all the roots so your plant looks fine above soil but dies) Hope Santa brings you a new one!