I have a dwarf leylandii in a container the size of a bucket that has
branches near the bottom of the trunk that have gone brown dry and
crumbly. Does anyone know what causes this, and if there is a cure for
it

THANKS
ALAN KEARN

"alan kearn" wrote in message
om...
: I have a dwarf leylandii in a container the size of a bucket that has
: branches near the bottom of the trunk that have gone brown dry and
: crumbly. Does anyone know what causes this, and if there is a cure for
: it
:
: THANKS
: ALAN KEARN

Are you keeping it well watered? It will need a lot of water especially in
its first year. Or it could be cats/dogs/foxes etc using it as a lavatory
or for marking their territory.

K

No Leylandi is ever dwarf
but ALL conifers die from the ground upwards hence the brown branches
equally light deprivation causes die back


"alan kearn" wrote in message
om...
I have a dwarf leylandii in a container the size of a bucket that has
branches near the bottom of the trunk that have gone brown dry and
crumbly. Does anyone know what causes this, and if there is a cure for
it

THANKS
ALAN KEARN

bnd777 wrote in message ...
No Leylandi is ever dwarf
but ALL conifers die from the ground upwards hence the brown branches
equally light deprivation causes die back

That's true, must be a different cupressus, and there are many dwarf
ones, but they are definitely NOT leylandii. lack of water would seem to
be the answer, something that has affected many tub based plants
recently, and the problem with conifers is that they tend not to show
the damage until a few weeks after it has happened due to being
evergreen. Keep watering it, but I suspect that you may well lose it.

Mike
www.british-naturism.org.uk