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Hornbeam pleached trees

patricia.morris1956patricia.morris1956 Posts: 5
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out of twelve hornbeam pleached trees three look as if they are dying, they where planted in October 2019, and still had brown leaves on, one still has brown leaves on, looks like buds on but no green leaves,the other two have had green leaves on which where very small, now they look as if they are dying, they are planted in clay soil and it is quite wet,can anyone give me some advice please.

Mrs Patricia Morris

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  • K67K67 Posts: 2,506
    A photo would help but I would get in touch with the supplier as quite often there is a guarantee.
  • bertrand-mabelbertrand-mabel Posts: 2,697
    Agree to contacting the supplier. We have recently done such with a kiwi (supposedly self fertile but not) and they were brilliant in giving us 2 new plants male and female.

  • patricia.morris1956patricia.morris1956 Posts: 5
    Thank you for your advice, I will take this up with the supplier.
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    I'm assuming these are quite sizeable if they're already successfully pleached.
    Hornbeam doesn't mind wetter conditions, but how well has the ground been prepped and what care have they had since planting?
    Mature trees, whether pleached or not, take a fair bit of work to get them established, and if they were short of water in spring, when many areas were struggling for moisture, or were exposed to a lot of wind, that could be a reason for those ones not doing too well. 
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • patricia.morris1956patricia.morris1956 Posts: 5
    When the trees where planted,it was a very windy few days, we where away and they where put in by a freind gardener,they are steaked,planted in a very clay damp sight in October 2019 there where no sighns of leaves until April May, they are aproxamatley3mtrs high, they had very large root ball, and have had plenty water no feed
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    I wonder if those ones didn't get their roots out properly, and it's prevented them establishing well. If they weren't staked well enough, they may have rocked a bit. Pleached trees, even when dormant, can be very top heavy. Hornbeam is very tough, but those are big specimens.
    Have you any photos?
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • patricia.morris1956patricia.morris1956 Posts: 5
    I will try to get some photographs, thank you for your advice.


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