Elaegnus leaves turning black

Keith207

There is a stand of Elaegnus about  2Mx3M in the garden of our new to us property but there's an area about 1Mx1M where all the leaves have turned black.  I can't see any insects or fungus on the leave, they just turn black and die.  There's a similar stand on the other side of the garden which doesn't have this problem, I'll be very grateful for any suggestions to stop the whole stand, and potentially the other one, dying away.

I've added pictures in case I misidentified the plant.

TIA

 

nutcutlet

that's not Eleagnus, that's Aucuba japonica which tends to get phytophora infected. Cut out the bad bits. Mine have had this and 2 of 3 recovered

Fairygirl

Or possibly had a bit of damage somewhere which has caused a stem/branch to die back.

Just prune it out as nut has said. They'll cope with any amount of pruning   

Keith207

Thanks, I'll get out the secateurs, and thanks for the identification we've never had a garden previously so it's all new.