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Any ideas as to what this tree is and is it dead ?
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It was probably planted at the same time a the new build 2008
I has looked on it's last legs for a couple of months
Approx 2.5m from the building and about .3 from a low wall you can't see on its other side.
The land is approx 75cm above the footpath that runs in front next to the main road
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It looks like it's desperate for water.
A lot of dense planting around it it possibly can't compete.
Could do with a good prune.
Get to a smaller branch (easier said than done) and gently scrape a little patch of bark away.
If you see green it's alive.
But the main trunk may still be fine.viral kindness .....kindness is contageous pass it on
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Take a closer picture of the leaves please.
As above, it's clearly struggling to thrive, could be dehydration and subsequently aphid attack.0 -
Take a closer picture of the leaves please.
As above, it's clearly struggling to thrive, could be dehydration and subsequently aphid attack.0 -
You'll want to keep your privacy hedging, no doubt. In that case, drastic cutting back to create a smaller tree might help it survive drought conditions. It's also easier to provide a little water for something half that size.
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Strange how I put 2 more photos and they have disappeared
A bit of context, I rent a ground floor flat facing south west and the tree is in front of my window, obviously blocking out the light,
The hedge was 3 feet higher than it is now and I would like another foot cut off it.
I would prefer the tree to come down thats why I ask what type is it and is it dead ?
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It's clearly not dead as it has living leaves on it...
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Dead could be arranged, though?.
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Looks like an ornamental prunus of some kind from the cherry/plum family. Could be on it’s way out by the looks of it, but they can struggle on for years looking rubbish.0
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Without a look at the actual foliage it's difficult to hazard a guess at the type of plant this is, please take some photographs of the actual leaves and not a zoomed image of the plant - need to see the colouring and form of the leaves - some, but not all, appear to have serrated edges.
Also, an idea of the girth of its trunk.
I'm not entirely sure this is a tree, i'm thinking it's an old shrub, possibly Eleagnus, that has been left totally unattended and neglected.
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[Deleted User] said:Without a look at the actual foliage it's difficult to hazard a guess at the type of plant this is, please take some photographs of the actual leaves and not a zoomed image of the plant - need to see the colouring and form of the leaves - some, but not all, appear to have serrated edges.
Also, an idea of the girth of its trunk.
I'm not entirely sure this is a tree, i'm thinking it's an old shrub, possibly Eleagnus, that has been left totally unattended and neglected.
Close up of leafs not zoomed, girth approx 60cm, first branch off about 6 feet from ground level
NOT the dark green leafs they are another plant
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