Larch tree not thriving

[Rod181]

Hi all, just wondering on some opinions.

I've got a large larch in the garden which has got areas of browning foliage and bare branches next to adjoining cherry, only noticed this year and it attempted to put on growth in these areas but not doing so well

 

Underneath tree is juniper( I think) which has patchy areas of dieback.

 

We had very dry spell April/may but don't know if that's involved

 

Apologies for photos, area affected is high up, twig is a single twig from lower branches

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Thanks

Roddy

[Spruce Pirate]

Whereabouts in the country are you?

 

Difficult to tell from photo's. Larch could be Phacidium coniferarum if it's just the very tips of the shoots. Could be Phytopthora ramorum which would be more serious. Some areas of the country are much more likely to be affected by P. ramorum.

 

Juniper could be Phytopthora austrocedrae but could also be a number of other things, including wind or mammal damage. P. austrocedrae is the only pathogen I can think of.

 

You can use Tree Alert to notify the FC if you're concerned.

 

https://www.forestry.gov.uk/treealert

[Rod181]

Cheers, no cure for phytophera is there, I'm in Perthshire, map of infections has positives this year both sides within 10 miles.

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Cherry next to it has areas affected like photos show, different looping branches and leaf drop, could that be linked or is it all 3 different issues

 

Cheers