Abies Koreana aka korean fir tree

Hi All

I have one about 7 years old in the front garden , I have noticed in the past week a lot of the needles going yellow in the centre of some of the branches but NOT on the ends , had a look for aphids cant see any , to be honest I just cant remember if its done this before in early Autumn I suppose its got to shed some of them.

Any advice appreciated , hate using sprays but its a specimen plant and a big feature of the front garden.

Spruce

 

If it was Aphids I would expect then to attack the newer needles, plus I think they normally attack earlier than now.
I know that, as with most conifers, the centre of the tree is often bare, so maybe, and hopefully, its just part of the aging process.

 

Good to know but I will keep a eye on it this week , I was worried because of that disease with Japanese Larch that is widespread in Wales due to the fact that they planted so much of it

Ta

Spruce

 

Not heard of any Larch disease, but if it is just that, I'd have thought it unlikely to attack Abies, because then it wouldn't be a Larch disease.
I had an A koreana which I grew from seed many years ago, I've recently had to cut it down as it exceeded it "Dwarf"status.
It often lost needles around mid summer due to aphids, and unless I sprayed it looked awful by autumn.
But it was the new growth they went for.

 

Pete, thought you might like to see this.

http://www.iomtoday.co.im/news/isle-of-man-news/larch-tree-disease-continues-to-spread-1-6135800

 

It could just be natural aging of the tree, I know Scot's Pines in particular shed a lot of older needles around this time of year