blossom wilt/brown rot

[openspaceman]

This tree shows no particular signs of decay, a few hollow branch stubs, but has deteriorated over the last few years with blossom wilt and codling moth resulting in much premature loss of apples. Up till now there have been enough to eat, I often juice the windfalls, the apples do not keep. This year it looks like there will be very few left to fully ripen.

 

First picture 2017 second now. I had made some feeble attempts to prune out the dead shoots.

 

 

Tree was here and mature 45 years ago but is probably much older as the house was built in 1862.

[openspaceman]

23 minutes ago, sime42 said:

Nice Sedum. Doesn't surprise me, asbestos is probably an ideal substrate for it.

Yes, first the moss came then the sedum years later