On Sun, 28 Jul 2013 15:51:05 +0100, nmm1 wrote:

A large chunk of my Cotinus coggygria has shrivelled, as if heat
blasted, but the pattern is truly weird. It is most (but not all of two
branches and a few shoots of others - all in one area. It's almost as if
someone dropped some herbicide on it.

Any ideas?

Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

Sounds a bit like fire blight.

Not sure which plants suffer from this.

Cheers

Dave R