- Unexpected plant growth
- Weird growths
Plant growth doesn't always occur as expected. Adventitious buds are buds that develop in places they aren't supposed to, like the tip of a stem, or on a shoot. Adventitious buds and shoots can develop on stems, roots, leaves. Sometimes 'weird' growth is simply something that wasn't previously observed but is normal for that plant.
Plant growth and development are signaled by plant hormones as a response to age, hardiness, dormancy, along with the environment. Environmental impacts that affect plant growth include drought, temperature, flooding, and even sublethal herbicides in the form of drift or weed-and-feed products.
There isn't much that can be done about the weather, but minimizing the contact between shrubs and herbicides will protect them from these insults.
Pesticides are neither available nor recommended for managing this condition.
