How do you know when a tree is dead?

[Gary Prentice]

6 minutes ago, Steve Bullman said:

well seeings as we are being pedantic, you forgot pissardii ?

I was going to add that, but wasn't sure if 'pissardi' was a synonym or a variety. I've seen it written as Prunus pissardi and as P. cerasifera 'Pissardi'. So knowing that there are those even more pedantic than me (no names), I omitted it until I had chance to clarify my understanding 

 

 

Anyway Mr B, shouldn't you be doing something productive on a computer somewhere?.....

[Steph-B]

Gosh - this is a super-active forum :-). Thanks very much. I will cut the bark when I get home tonight.

 

And yes, prunus cerasifera atropurpurea! I didn't know  the posh name. Beautiful leaves, beautiful flowers and beautiful fruit. What's the hidden snag I wonder...

 

I live in Belgium and posted in a French forum as well but no one seems to know what this tree is, though the univeral consensus is that it is dead :-(

[Yournamehere]

Alas poor tree; for him have joined the quire invisibule.

[Graham]

1 hour ago, Steph-B said:

Gosh - this is a super-active forum :-). Thanks very much. I will cut the bark when I get home tonight.

 

And yes, prunus cerasifera atropurpurea! I didn't know  the posh name. Beautiful leaves, beautiful flowers and beautiful fruit. What's the hidden snag I wonder...

 

I live in Belgium and posted in a French forum as well but no one seems to know what this tree is, though the univeral consensus is that it is dead :-(

It looks like Japanese loquat.  Hardy to about -10c.  

[Steph-B]

so I cut the bark and here are the results below. Hopeless, I think.

 

Indeed it may have been a Japanese loquat though I never saw any fruit on it since I moved in 4 years ago. The temp did fall brutally to around -10 in March, poor thing. It’s also near the stump of a v big tree which was removed before I got here. Maybe that one’s roots are still dominating the area...

 

Thanks for all your replies ?

 

[Steve Bullman]

yep, shes gone

[Graham]

4 hours ago, Steph-B said:

so I cut the bark and here are the results below. Hopeless, I think.

 

Indeed it may have been a Japanese loquat though I never saw any fruit on it since I moved in 4 years ago. The temp did fall brutally to around -10 in March, poor thing. It’s also near the stump of a v big tree which was removed before I got here. Maybe that one’s roots are still dominating the area...

 

Thanks for all your replies ?

 

Scrape the bark off at the base of the tree.  There may be a connection between the old stump and honey fungus.  If it was loquat it is very unlikely you would have seen any fruit as they rarely produce in northern climes.