AndyFoth

Cool that's cheered me up - haven't fertilised the grass for a little while but we did used to have green thumb but came to conclusion it wasn't worth it - maybe it had a benefit after all

Thanks guys - They aren't new buds though - they appeared last September and since it didn't produce any new leaves at that point I am slightly concerned

Rgds

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Hi guys I am not a gardener so be gentle. I had a camperdown elm which unfortunately died unexpectedly about 18 months ago

Unable to get a replacement about a year ago we planted a weeping purple beech which seemed to establish ok in the same spot.

I am though a bit worried as having budded last September it just dropped it's leaves and has been looking a bit sorry for itself ever since.

Judy wanted your views - I see everything else busying with new spring life but my new baby is just sat rgere looking at me.

Branches are quite pliable which i guess is a good sign.

What do you reckon - do I need to do anything with it or will nature take her course in April ?

Many thks

Andy

will try to post some pics in a second

It looks like the root stock has rejected the scion, it's very common on garden centre grafts. The two don't meet up quite right, so not enough carbohydrates get sent back to the roots. The stock then shuts down the xylem to the crown, causing a similar effect to the stag heading retrenchment seen on oaks. If you leave the epicormic on the base, it will supply enough food to the roots and the tree will feed the scion again. Trim the top back to live wood and keep the epicormic growth under control, but don't remove it. It's very common on Kilmarnock willow grafts, where the osier stock rejects the crown, when the phloem isn't quite matched.

Thanks eddy - the tree is about 10 years in the ground here plus however long it took to graft/grow the original wytch elm.

is it likely after so long ? - I would have thought instinctive ly that this would have shown earlier ?

Many thanks

Andy

Guys the tree has grown some leaves in a couple of places but j don't see any more buds so a tad concerned we are losing the battle?

Is there anything else we can do - it has been rather wet and I wonder whether the tree has decided it's winter and will try again in the spring.

Any ideas appreciated as some of the new growth has died back.

I was in Dundee last week and the company I visited was half a mile from camperdown country park so I took the opportunity to see its ancestor. I resisted the temptation to take a cutting though.........

should I take a cutting of my tree just in case !?

Andy

Please excuse me if this is now a gratuitous response, but those prominent little black bumps on the branch in the second image are likely fruiting structures of some sort of xylariaceous fungus. I'd be a fool to name it on the basis of this image, but I'd start with one of the Diatrype. In any event, it likely is a secondary invader, perhaps of already killed tissue. But no, they have no direct relationship to DED. Some in the xylaria family are primary pathogens to some degree and all are good opportunists, though!

Thanks - I wasnt sure what they were but removed them anyway. Is there a fungal treatment we should give the tree now or is it best left to recover itself ?

Many thanks

Andy

Many thanks Alec - fingers crossed - it certainly doesn't have the signs of Ded

We had ants on the tree just before it shed - dealt with them - could they have caused the distress ?

Cheers

Andy

Above the graft

New Growth

Thanks growth is below and above the line - I guess that is good news. Having removed the remainder of the sported areas yesterday there seems already to be fresh shoots so there is life in the old girl yet !

Are these all created by grafting ? - so is the structure below and above the line different ?

We are in Towcester Northamptonshire

Cheers

Andy

is that a camperdown elm i wonder. just looks familiar but i await experts.

Many thanks David you have answered a 7 year old conundrum! I wasn't sure it was an elm but the natural history website said it was although not which type.

I am now more worried that this could be dutch elm disease ? - any thoughts on this appreciated

Many thanks

andy

Another photo - any interest guys ?

Further photo

Hi there I am new to this and botany is not my speciality. We have a tree issue at the moment - I don't believe it is an indigenous species and would also appreciate if someone could also identify it.

We have been in our current hone for around 7 years and the tree has always been healthy. About 5-6 weeks ago it began shedding leaves and is now completely bare.

There seem to be black spots on the branches which I have now removed. We do seem to be getting some new growth from the trunk only.

Appreciate any ideas of what this is and whether my tree will survive.