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I am not much of a gardener and I have no clue what kind of plants are in my yard. We built our home about a year and half ago and the landscaping is whatever the builders chose. I need help identifying them and finding out what's wrong with them. The one on the right has yellow leaves with black spots. The plant on the left has black leaves and is having trouble sprouting new leaves. (This picture is old so it does not show what's currently wrong with them.) Any help would greatly appreciated! :)
Any chance you can post some pictures showing the current problems? It'll be easier to figure out what's going on then and have ideas on how to fix it.
Yellow leaves with black spot sounds like a fungal leaf spot disease of some sort. You can help prevent it by making sure to clean up leaves that fall off (rather than letting them sit under the plant) and when you water, try not to have water hit the ground and then splash back up on the leaves. And sometimes doing a preventative spraying with fungicide in the later winter before it comes out of dormancy can help. But if it's a plant that's very susceptible to those problems, often you can do everything right and it's still going to have some spots--the only real way to solve it is to replace it with something that's not prone to that problem.
The black leaves could be a few different things--it could be that the plant got frost damaged over the winter in which case just be patient and see where it puts out new leaves, then trim off any branches that are dead. Or it could be a fungal problem if the shrub was overwatered.
Can not give much help without more pictures of the house and beds. From what I can see the two plants are right up against the house only away from the foundation inches where two feet would normally be a minimum. If there were any specifications in your sales agreement you may need legal assistance.
I'm thinking being they may be under overhang of porch they are not getting the water they need. Or if gutter water is pouring on them they may be getting too much. Landscapers should have took all this into consideration before planting. If it starts getting worse I would transplant to a part sunny part shady place in your yard.
