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Ok, thanks! If it helps, here's a closeup of new growth and close up in the tree

Thanks for taking the time to reply - much appreciated. Fertiliser wasn't overdone at all when planted, we had gardeners in redeveloping the whole garden. They dug the holes the day the trees arrived and told me they put into the ground with no soil improver. The ground here is quite heavy (not full clay) with some rubble in, so after I dug around the football around 5cm deep, loosened it up and added some John innes 3 to loosen it up a bit. Have been sure to water every couple of days initially then now every 3 days or so to avoid overwatering. Some splits in the bark did appear during the initial time, but looks to have healed (photo attached) Wider shots attached as requested!

Hi! Brand new here and set up an account because a couple of newly planted (1.5 months ago) hornbeams in our garden seem to be in trouble. When initially planted, both trees sent out lots of new growth and seemed really healthy, but in the last week or so, old growth has started to turn yellow and eventually drop. The new growth is still nice and green. I've been watering the trees once every two days as it's been quite warm here (London) since we planted. Is this anything to worry about, or just a bit of delayed stress from initial planting coming out? (It was 30degrees the week of planting) Thanks in advance for any help