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I have a fatsia japonica in a pot for about a year. Recently the leaves have begun to brown and die off and growth is stunted and new tips are brown. I thought it was the dry spell as it was in sun, but it hasn't responded to watering. Could it be vine weevils (there are lots in my garden) and can I save the plant?
New to gardening but bought a Pyrus Silver Sail 2 weeks ago & planted according to instructions. The tree was healthy when planted but looks like it's dying now. Our site is fairly windy as our hedging is still very young & providing no shelter but garden centre told me this tree would do okay with wind. Is there anything I can try to improve it?
buxus pyramids look dead folage all yellow and falling off, have watered and feed with buxus feed out of Lidl. .. any ideas thanks
I got around to starting on our roof terrace. I used some bamboo, ornamental grasses and buxus. They have all started to go brown over the last couple of weeks and look like they are dying. I am watering them everyday. Am I watering them too much or are these plants not suitable for a roof situation and if not what can you recommend ?
Hi,I live on an average dublin estate with a mature tree beside the drive, what can i out underneath it to liven it up, there's very little spil because the tree's roots are quite exposed.I've tried Sedum and some heathers and they haven't worked out. Thx
Dear Gerry, I have moved a very tall tree from one place to another in my garden. i am wondering if there is any thing that i can do or use to help it from not dying? i have packed earth and compost around it.
Hi, I bought two bay trees last July, one of them is now looking very ill. I've watered it, put organic chicken manure in the soil, tried tomato feed in it too but nothing seems to have worked. Is there anything I can do to bring it around?
Bay tree is dying leaves going yellow, growth very sparce and there is no new gowth. Bay is about 4 years old. please help.
Leaves seem to have withered/been eaten as they began to shoot. Some beginning to grow again on the lower branches but very slowly. hope you can help.
Hi Gerry,A friend's laurel hedge is dying. It started about four years ago and seems to have spread throught the(albeit slowly). Is it caused by a fungus or something else. Can it be rescued or must it be taken out and replaced with different plants.Thanks
Some of my yew hedge plants have become bronzed. I was about to replace them but they have shown signs of green in the last month. Should i persist with them? It is a clay soil and they are planted in topsoil but underneath is a hard pan where the builders machinery used 3 yrs ago.
This winter I planted two Liquidamber trees about 20' apart. It seems that one is fine the other however has only about 20% leaf cover. The only difference in location I can see is that the successful tree is more sheltered. Should I dig up the failing tree or is there a chance it will recover with time.
10 years old. Name unknown. Bought in garden centre. Flowers appear but go brown and die without opening. South facing. Foliage perfect after flowers gone. ..Thanks for attention...no rush.
My Acer Dissectum about 2 yrs old is looking very poorly.It is in a large pot of erricacious compost. the new growth is drooping;(see my photo section).what could be the problem? Breda Tyrrell
Hi Gerry, I have a 36" high specimen in a pot, I am developing it for its final position in the garden. It had lovely new growth all over it two weeks ago but now has turned a reddish brown colour and has started to drop needles. I scrapped back a small bit of bark about a foot down the main stem and it is green inside. I have fed it with a soloution of eracious liquid feed, is there any thing else I can do to help save it?
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