Weeping Cherry trees
- lucia52
- Carol Wallace
- Val149
- Carol Wallace
- HARVCA1
- cutiepiesmom
- bmretr24
- Smocknmom
- Carol Wallace
- hermantamela
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» lucia52 - weeping cherry tree and lilac apear to be dead?
I planted a weeping cherry tree last year at the end of April having lots of flowers. The tree was accurately planted, it is in a sunny location, watered normal. This year after all the trees around started to show their buds I started to worry because mine seems to be dead. The appearance of the tree is ok but there is no sign of life, no buds and I am not sure if this means the tree is dead, should I wait or I should do something. I tried to trim the branches to see how they look, some of them were brown and I cut those shorter but other seemed ok to me.I have the same issue with a lilac planted same time last year in the tree proximity.
I need an advice
-- posted by lucia52
» Carol Wallace - Re: weeping cherry tree and lilac apear to be dead?
In response to message posted by lucia52:Many gardeners - and even many nurseries - are reporting that they have more than average winter kill on their shrubs and trees. I would start by pruning off all the dead stuff. The tree actually doesn't know that those branches are dead and is wasting energy trying to send them nourishment. If you scratch the trunk lightly and see green then you know there is life in the tree.
Lilacs can take a very hard pruning. That may mean sacrificing this year's flowers, but they will come back unless they have contracted some kind of fatal disease.
But I would also carefullu inspect both of them to see if there is any bark damage - especially at the base. If mice or rabbits gnawed at the base of the stem and girdled it, the tree is doomed for all practical purposes. If insects have crawled under the bark, you also have problems. Check for any sign of pests to see if they aren't at the root of your problem.
-- posted by Carol Wallace
» Val149 - Weeping Cherry Tree seems ill
My 6 year old Japanese weeping cherry tree is not leafing as I think it should be. Some branches have some leaves, some have none. I have new growth sprouting from the trunk and when checking the branches, they are green beneath the bark. Not sure if all of them are. We fed it. What can I do to help it along? By the way, last summer I did have something eating the leaves....-- posted by Val149
» Carol Wallace - Re: Weeping Cherry Tree seems ill
In response to message posted by Val149:If it's green beneath the bark then it's alive. Your problem now wouldn't be ppests eating leaves. It would be a problem with the bark or roots. Or - you don't say where you live and what the climate is - maybe it's just late. If you had an unusually cold spring, for instance.
Unless whatever ate the leaves last year stripped the tree. Then it would have been unable to take in the nourishment it needs from the sun.
I never feed a plant that appears to be stressed. Sometimes it can shcok it even more. Good watering, perhaps a shovel of comppost or manure around the base - but not too close to he trunk. But not fertilizer.
You might consider looking for a trained arborist to have a look at it. It's very hard to diagnose a tree's problems without actually inspecting it.
-- posted by Carol Wallace
» HARVCA1 - Re: Re: Weeping Cherry Tree seems ill
In response to message posted by CarolWallace:I have a Weeping Cherry that seems to have developed a disease. Firstly the blossom seemed to wilt and then go mouldy, then the new leaves seemed to wilt. I removed all the wilting material to try and save the tree but now there seems to be large amounts of yellow sticky sap leaching out of the branches. I'm not sure if I should just dig up the tree and burn it in case this problems spreads to other blossoming trees in the garden of if I can treat thproblemem?
-- posted by HARVCA1
» cutiepiesmom - weeping cherry leaves with holes
my weeping cherry tree has holes in some of the leaves. Does that mean it has bugs? What should i do? Thanks!-- posted by cutiepiesmom
» bmretr24 - Re: Re: Trimming a Weeping Cherry?
well i am not sure if a weeping cherry and a fountain cherry are the same thing but i need to know how to prune mine. it is about 6 feet tall but has branches about 1 to 2 feet off the ground. i need to know if i should cut them or if it should be that way. all i ever did was cut the branches that touch the ground. thank you for any help.-- posted by bmretr24
» Carol Wallace - Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Cherry Tree Problem
In response to message posted by Smocknmom:It's OK to do that - but not now. With cold weather setting in, pruning will encourage your tree to send out tender new growth that can be killed (along with more of the original branches)when cold weather hits. The best time for a haircut is late winter or early spring.
-- posted by Carol Wallace
» hermantamela - fungus on weeping cherry tree
We have this weeping cherry tree, that has white fungus on it. I was wondering how do we get rid of it. We have another tree that doesn't have the white fungus on it. What should we do about it?-- posted by hermantamela
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