Help needed identifying shrub disease

[Dplant]

My HOA planted some new shrubs in my front yard a few months ago, and in the past several days, it seems to have developed a disease of some kind. Does anybody know what kind of shrub this is, and what disease it has? I live in North Carolina, and I first noticed the problem at the end of the last week when the weather got hot for the first time this year. Thank you so much for your help!

 

[Meadowlark]

Welcome @Dplant

Has anyone applied "weed and feed" and/or other herbicide in the near vicinity

 

[Dplant]

Not to my knowledge. I doubt that's what happened because there are many shrubs in the area, and only the newly planted ones are affected. The older ones seem to be doing fine.

 

[Meadowlark]

That is expected with herbicides...the new ones are most vulnerable.

 

[oneeye]

Why would anyone spray herbicide in the open where the spray would harm the shrubs. I don't see anything in the photo that constitutes a herbicide kill. Dig around the base of the plants and feel the soil. It looks like they need more irrigation and soil care. Most of the time, herbicides only work with the temperatures are hot and the spray area is a large kill area. You need to water your shrubs more often.

 

[Owdboggy]

That is drought damage. The root balls are probably dust dry. I have found in the past that the top growth on big shrubs stops water from actually reaching the roots in the original compost. Drown them!

 

[cpp gardener]

I believe they are Ternstroemia and need more water.