Paul Scarlett

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• Dovefromabove Posts: 88,147

  November 2021

  Hi and welcome to the forum 
  
  I take it this is Crataegus Paul's Scarlet ... the crimson-flowered hawthorn?
  
  Is it staked?  How tall is it?
  
  Can we see a photo of it please ... click on the little 'landscape' icon above the text box and follow the instructions to download a photo ... if the pic doesn't appear reducing the size usually fixes the problem. 

  
  Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
  
  
  
  
  
  

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• lnstraughanfPYmnkOs Posts: 3

  November 2021

   
  
  

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• lnstraughanfPYmnkOs Posts: 3

  November 2021

  Thank you for replying so quickly, we have only just noticed the leaves are brown in part, wondering whether it may have blight aswell?

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• Dovefromabove Posts: 88,147

  November 2021 edited November 2021

  Well, it's autumn, the leaves should be changing colour and falling any time now.  
  
  It's quite tall ... it must've been quite a size when it was planted and it has quite a number of other trees and shrubs around it ... has it been regularly watered between March and September since planting?  Any other care regime? 
  
  Is the stake secure?

  
  Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
  
  
  
  
  
  

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• Fairygirl Posts: 55,117

  November 2021

  I think the original planting, and ongoing care, is the problem - for the reasons @Dovefromabove describes. 
  If it wasn't properly staked to start with, and if the rootball wasn't firmed in well, it will have moved around too much, preventing good establishment, and leading to further problems with moisture, or lack of it.

  It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
  
  
  
  I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...

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