Ask Gerry

I planted this evergreen clematis last year, it was doing well but I noticed some starting dying off in the last few months. See the attached pictures. It is planted against a screen about 2 metres from an established silver birch. Is there anything I can do to save it?

An otherwise healthy-looking Aralia in the garden now has this leaf curl; is that just because of the dismal summer that we've had or something more sinister?

I have a 10m high beech tree. The leaves at the top half of it seem to all have brown blotches and are dying, the bottom half has some but is still in a much better state. 2 years ago a similiar tree about 15m away died. A close by beech hedge is struggling with aphids but the large beech does not appear to have any. What is causing this. Can the tree be saved by cutting the top half.

4 weeks ago we planted mature (10ft) Portuguese Laurel which were transported from Italy. In the past week a lot of the leaves have turned yellow. They are watered every second day for about 20 mins per tree - are they getting too little or too much?

I have some silver birch that have been doing very well. They are 2-3 years old approx. All of a sudden the leaves on one or two of them are turning yellow and another one is wilting. It is drooping quite badly - about 1/3 of the tree is hanging low. I watered it but it doesn't seem to have improved. What could the problem be?

i have a maple small tree which i have in a large pot ane the leaves are all turning brown and it looks like it is dying, but my daughter has one also and it's the same kind of plant and her tree is the same is it pot bound?

Can you give me some information on young FIELD MAPLE whips . How often should i water them ?, how much Fertiliser should i give them? , when would be the best time of the year to prune them?,what kind of soil should they be grown in ?

I have a Twisted Lavender Tree and a Lilac Tree, they both flowered well and were looking fine until recently. Now however their leaves have gone very yellow and wizened looking and some leaves on the Lavender tree have brown spots. What can I do? Thank you, Ruth

I planted an acer ORANGE DREAM in a large pot early this month. It is showing withering of the young leaves around the edges.. The bigger green leaves are not affected.. I used John Innes No3 compost and added a little shrub fertiliser when planting.. I have watered in the normal manner for newly planted plants.

Im just wondering about my silver birch and acer drummondi trees. they leafed well but now have started to lose some leaves and some have gone brown.

I recently about 5 weeks ago planted a new laurel hedge from pots. I have noticed recently some of the leaves have started to curl up!! Could you please tell me the cause of this? is the laurel dying?

We planted a 5year old Birch tree about 3 weeks ago and it has been battered by the strong winds for past couple of weeks. Leaves are all burnt, some small signs of greenery. How should I care for it?

I got an Azaela evergreen red from my 7 year old son in March this year, I planted it in a lime free compost, now the flowers are going brown and the plant looks like its going to die.

I have a boxwood shrub growing in a pot for approx years. However, it has turned completely yellow in the last few weeks. The leaves are not falling off so I'm hoping there might be some hope for it?!

I planted 300 bare root loral hedge at the end of March, since then the leafs have gone yellow and on some plants most the leafs fell off alot of the plants. I Gave them chicken manure and the new groth is starting on most plants, But should I cut the top off of some of the longer leggy plants so soon after transplant shock