A lot of the leaves of mine have gone brown and shrivelled. It
happened very weirdly, on some branches and not others and even
on part of a branch (usually closer to the trunk) but not on
the rest. I tried watering, but to no avail. There is no
chance of me pruning back beyond the die-back, as it is too
extensive, yet there are still live leaves.

I suspect a reaction to the wet/dry/cold/hot variations we have
had. Does anyone know whether it is likely to recover?


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

On 19 Aug, 16:03, (Nick Maclaren) wrote:
A lot of the leaves of mine have gone brown and shrivelled. It
happened very weirdly, on some branches and not others and even
on part of a branch (usually closer to the trunk) but not on
the rest. I tried watering, but to no avail. There is no
chance of me pruning back beyond the die-back, as it is too
extensive, yet there are still live leaves.
I suspect a reaction to the wet/dry/cold/hot variations we have
had. Does anyone know whether it is likely to recover?

I was called last week to look at a tulip tree in Bordeaux - same
thing happened to it. On arriving home our rhus looked as bad. I've
seen many small trees from travelling through France to the UK last
week all with brown shrivelled leaves and I can only put it down to
the sad bad disgusting weather we're having. Even chestnuts trees
looked far too brown for the time of year and I looked at them more
closely because I've bought a gizmo to roast them in, a sort of
tambour with a little sliding door which you roast the chestnuts on
fire or gaz. I'm wondering if it is showing more on trees with strong
autumnal colours than the others, considering the type of trees that
I've seen looking sad for this time of year ...?!