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Sacha[_1_] · 09-09-2006, 01:11 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening

On 9/9/06 10:46, in article
, "klkbloke"
wrote:

Hi All,

We have a cherry tree in our front garden which is a bit dead! Probably
half of top of the tree is dead with no foliage. It's about as tall as
our house and I'd really like to be able to bring it back to life.

Has this tree reached the end? Would pruning it heavily help? Is so,
when and how?

I'm no expert on trees but it doesn't sound good. Cherry trees don't live
that long but OTOH, they do grow quite quickly. What you might consider is
cutting the top off this one, leaving as tall a stump as you wish and then
growing a rose or Clematis up it. In another part of the garden you could
plant a cherry or something else that takes your fancy like a tree I love
passionately called Clerodendron trichotomum fargesii. It doesn't get
enormous, it flowers at the end of August and is highly scented, followed by
china blue berries. It's a real gem.
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Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/