Martina O Reilly asked 16 years ago
I have a lilac tree about 10 yrs old. It started to lean over but was stopped falling by a coal bunker. The bark at the bottom of the trunk has lifted all the way around. We supported it up again and watered well – but the leaves have all withered and it looks dead. This happened just after it was in flower.
1 Answers
Gerry Daly Staff answered 6 years ago
If the bark has lifted, the tree is not going to recover. It is likely that a bacterial rot got under the bark, possibly through an injury and killed the layer under the bark.
Lilac might sprout again from the base, but might not.
