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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  • twopenny
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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.

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  • Catsacor
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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.
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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.
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  • Dustyevsky
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    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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  • MikeJXE
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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 ?


  • LessImpecunious
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    It's clearly not dead as it has living leaves on it... :)
  • Dustyevsky
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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.
  • Catsacor
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    edited 10 September at 6:18AM
    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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    Catsacor 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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