What's wrong with our conifer?

[Churchwarden]

This conifer is looking rather sick. In fact it seems to be dead on one side (the east side). Could it be the ivy infestation that's killing it? If that is the case, would removing the ivy help, or is it a lost cause? If it can't be saved, what's the risk of having a dead tree that close to the public highway?

 

Many thanks for this forum. I have found plenty of useful information here already. Any further help you can give on this particular tree would be much appreciated.

 

David

[felixthelogchopper]

Thank you. That kind of confirms what I suspected. I'll have a word with the diocese about who we should contact next.

 

Can anyone on this site recommend someone? We're in Bishop's Stortford (Hertfordshire/Essex boarder). Is anyone able to give a range of costs we might be looking at for felling this? It would be good to know what we might be looking at before I report to the management committee next week.

 

Thank you for the suggestion of a yew. That sounds perfect for this location - if the local yoofs can leave alone long enough to get established.

 

Many thanks

David

 

Charles Hey and Treecology are both in your neck of the woods.

[Charles Hey Arborist]

Charles Hey and Treecology are both in your neck of the woods.

 

Thank you Sir And thank you for Tuesday, was good to see you.

 

C

[likeitorlumpit]

I'm with the salt spray suggestions along with all other contaminants from the road surface.

 

But the road is 2 feet below the retaining wall. Does the salt splash up that far?

[stumpbuster]

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[Breezeblock]

But the road is 2 feet below the retaining wall. Does the salt splash up that far?

 

i would say yes look at some of the trees on the motorway they are usually affected up to about 10ft

[kennyjames]

I had this on one of my conifers (same type) a couple of months age, I have three different types quite close together, but the other two are fine. I shape them normally, but I left this one and now it's started to grow back green again, I don't know whether it was lack of water (it was just after the VERY hot weather, or what, but it's still got life in it and quite a bit of green now, and the other two are not affected, so I will see how it goes.