Trees

I’ve begun to think as much - two smaller oaks are producing new soft buds but the one in question is still paused. Hopefully the deer don’t ringbark it before next year

If it is 14 years old but only 2' tall, if there is any life in it, it could be a good candidate for bonsai. I would probably put it in a pot and make sure it doesn't dry out. If there are no green buds by early June I'd discard it. Oak trees are very easy to grow from acorns so you could start...

Thanks Pete. I think you're probably right. As I mentioned, the new shoots have always been infested by aphids when they first emerge, but I'd never seen leaves on older growth being attacked, nor extensive leaf death like this, so was worried it might be some more progressive fungal or viral...

Yes it's easy to do and they readily transplant. You need to put them in a very deep pot or ideally in a nursery bed for a couple of years as they put down long roots.

Our neighbour has a holly tree quite close to our boundary. It's not looking as leafy as I recall. Do holly trees have a 'scruffy' season or might something worse be wrong with it? I'm wondering if the dry/hot spell was not good for it - it's in full sun. It's been there a good few years. It...

Its a fairly large tree and not easy to transport. Personally I dont know why it has brown leaves, but they do drop some leaves every year, surely the flowers are from last year and probably didn't set fruit.Dont think I would be bothered on a plant that size, the main thing looks pretty...

We always have 1 Feildfare every year that will guard that crab apple, always fun to watch

That is far too young to start considering pruning. Leave it alone

Hi MakIt's quite difficult to diagnose tree health issues over the internet. It's similar to using Google to look up your sore throat - it could be anything! I wrote a little article on diagnosing tree ill health you might want to take a look at: Tree Health Diagnosis - A self help...

Hi horhewA number of biotic and abiotic factors can cause leaf discolouration in trees, and without seeing the tree and site in person it's hard to make a sound judgement. From looking at the photos you provided it looks to me that your tree is showing symptoms of interveinal chlorosis,...

The answer, BFA, is Yes. If you have cut through all the lower stems and also removed the roots from the soil then the upper stems of Ivy will die. Secondly, the Ivy only clings to Trees, etc, it doesn't penetrate into the Tree itself so it is not parasitic in that way. Ivy is an evergreen so...

Thanks for trying!I just sent the pic to Grafton Nursery, which specialises in Eucalyptus, and they couldn’t identify it, they said that it may not even be a Eucalyptus!Shame, because I’ve got just the spot for a tree like that!

many told me that to avoid further stressing the plants, already stressing from the trip and the fact that they are in full vegetative house, to wait for the fall of the leaves before repotting them...

Heeded the advice and have implemented on all the trees. Looks a lot sharper and hopefully provide the trees with plenty of nutrients too.

Removing the top of a tree that may already be in poor health is always a risky move. It may produce shoots elsewhere or it may just decide to give up and pack it all in. To me it looks as if the tree is doing the best it can in the position it is. Often I've seen cherries pruned back hard and...

Hi Max6389They're likely to be the leaders, yes. The tip buds control the trees height, so removing them will help in keeping the tree at the height you require.

But, just in case...Some backups were made.The middle tree was done by a new member of our community garden. They didn't line up the scion and rootstock cambium layers properly in the cleft graft but we shall see how it fares.The outer ones were done by me: one side grafted, one cleft...

I would say that shaping the tree by forcing a bend either by bonsai wiring, guide rope anchoring or splint tying can be done at any time but I have found that mid spring is the optimum time as the tree is just beginning to wake up so you don't have to contend with the foilage.Fracture bending...

That’s great thank you