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sickly rowan
We have a rowan at the end of our garden, no idea how old it is as it
was there when we moved in but it's about 25 feet tall. 3 years ago it did really well but the last 2 years it has hardly had any leaves and they have shrivelled quickly. There's a very large oak tree there too as well as assorted shrubbery. Any advice - is it maybe just old age? Would it benefit from pruning or coppicing? There are quite a lot of dead branches and it just doesn't look that healthy in general. |
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Pickle wrote: We have a rowan at the end of our garden, no idea how old it is as it was there when we moved in but it's about 25 feet tall. 3 years ago it did really well but the last 2 years it has hardly had any leaves and they have shrivelled quickly. There's a very large oak tree there too as well as assorted shrubbery. Any advice - is it maybe just old age? Would it benefit from pruning or coppicing? There are quite a lot of dead branches and it just doesn't look that healthy in general. That could well be a fungal root infection, in which case it has had it. If it is that sick, cutting it back hard will probably kill it, but there isn't much you can do to cure it. My inclination would be either to plant a vigorous climber (e.g. Clematis montana) or grub it up and replant with something that ISN'T a member of the Rosaceae. If you do the former, watch out for it falling down as it decays. Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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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. |
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