Our lovely tree appears to be dying

[Webster]

Our ornamental tree seems to be dying, can anyone advise please?

[Will C]

Possibly drought stress. when did you last have a significant rain?
 

[Steve Bullman]

That would be my first thought. Chuck some water on it and see what happens, and I don’t mean a watering can, leave a hose at the base for half an hour 

[Webster]

Not had proper rainfall for a while. Thanks both, I did leave a sprinkler on it for half hour on Tuesday but will do again for longer and see if it improves.

[peds]

Can't see the base, but cover the grass out to the drip line with a doughnut of brown cardboard, then mushroom compost or seaweed, then rotted woodchip. Give the soil some nutrients. 

[openspaceman]

I take it that is a whitebeam? Topped some years back?

 

I'd say those yellow leaf veins and the fact it has tried to set fruit and then wilted point to something more serious than drought.

[dumper]

11 hours ago, Webster said:

Not had proper rainfall for a while. Thanks both, I did leave a sprinkler on it for half hour on Tuesday but will do again for longer and see if it improves.

Dot worry about the sprinkler just let the hose run

[Mick Dempsey]

3 hours ago, dumper said:

Dot worry about the sprinkler just let the hose run

You’ll lose a lot of water like that, better to have a very slow/trickle so the water stays in the soil around the tree.

[htb]

Or sink a piece of pipe vertically with the least amount of disturbance to roots as possible, then water down pipe to roots, less evaporation that way.

[Webster]

On 08/07/2022 at 09:53, openspaceman said:

I take it that is a whitebeam? Topped some years back?

 

I'd say those yellow leaf veins and the fact it has tried to set fruit and then wilted point to something more serious than drought.