Trees

Looks ok to meCrab apples can get scab but yours looks clearSpruce

you could speak to a proper tree surgeon, they might be able to help bring it back to life or give advice for other trees that you might want to maintain, if you're based anywhere near the north west I had some trees taken down by Morris Brown Arborist, maybe get in touch

With the new pictures I don't really have an id. It's hawthorn like but not a native wild type but does look like images I googled of swedish whitebeam. It looks a nice tree

It started at 30cm from Morrisons gardening section. As I said it’s always been a bit patchy more so as it’s grown. It’s always been well watered but the soil is pretty shallow where it is situated. also there’s lots of cats in the area…so your theory about animal pee could be a contributing...

Exactly the same thing has happened to my Ceanothus in Norfolk, which is quite old and has been smothered with flowers every year. I put it down to the weather and old age. I'll leave it this year and see what happens next year.As @fairygirl says, the lichen is harmless and likes to grow where...

Azarra serrata is evergreen with clusters of yellow flowers that are fragrant late winter early spring. It can be pruned back but does suffer from prolonged winds but then bounces back.

Agree, its the (horti)cultural equivalent of stripping meadow for turf.

Thank you both for your help. As it's just a branch, then there's no urgency to cut it off and we'll see how the tree does over the next few weeks.

You can watch B'grove on iplayer if you don't have TV. It'll be available for a fair length of time

Hi Pete,Thanks again for your replies.The smaller and thinner ones to the left are a different tree. They are nanten, I think.We get a very little bit of frost on certain days. I wouldn’t say a lot, but not nothing.

Thanks for your help everyone!

Yes - I agree @NigelJ . It's always more difficult to get a mature shrub properly established, unless everything is perfect for it. Small ones can often be easier, especially if they're good specimens to start with, and they have a good site. I currently have a Hebe which has been grown from a...

Great advice. I've tief it against a concrete fence post until I can fabricate some sort of truss for it.And I think you are probably right now I think about it - it's growing to the light. Not a lot I can do about that, sadly. Guess I'll have to make the most of it!Thank you!

Looks like Pear Root Galls to me

I tend to agree with perki - we've had so much rain and the pot isn't on pot feet to help drainage, so it could be the roots have been sitting in a cold bath for months and they've rotted.

Wow, looks really healthy! Id say that was pretty robust resistance, if all you had to do was remove bad leaves. Thanks for all the information! Glad you had success with it, those peaches look delicious.

I've got fingers crossed that the Acer is going to survive. It is showing some signs of life but well behind the others.

Sounds pretty, but have lots of Yellow already.

Thanks again. This is how the tree looks now.

I would give the whole tree a good prune, prop it up using X and or Y props, like the old fashioned clothes line props, then bandage the wounded area firmly using wide waterproof tape, I have used electrical tape but gaffer tape would do, and leave alone for at least 4/5 years. Arbutus tend to...