Is my tree dead?

[helpaboutatree]

Hello, Could any one give me some advice on this tree. I am unclear if it is already dead or what I should do with it? Attached is a picture and a video, you will also see at the end of the video that the tree is growing happily healthy leaves. Many thanks for any help.

Edited September 26, 2021 by helpaboutatree
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[Mesterh]

It's definitely not dead. It's certainly not in the best of health though!

 

There isn't much you can do apart from not letting it get too big  as there is a good chance it will snap at the base. Keep it pruned into more of a shrub than let it grow as a tree. It has already been cut back fairly hard.

 

[Rough Hewn]

Hello, Could any one give me some advice on this tree. I am unclear if it is already dead or what I should do with it? Attached is a picture and a video, you will also see at the end of the video that the tree is growing happily healthy leaves. Many thanks for any help.

Dead trees don’t grow leaves.
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