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Pickle wrote:

Thanks Nick - is rowan a member of the rosaceae family then? What I
might do is cut off the dead branches and then give it this year and
see. If it doesn't recover I'll chop it down in autumn.

Yes. A very high proportion of hardy decorative trees are - it is
a family that specialises in the northern temperate zones.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.