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Silver birch trees - help

FallonFallon Posts: 74
edited April 2022 in Problem solving
I have 2 silver birch (I think) trees in the garden which have not come back this year. I don't know if they are dead or not but the buds have not opened and they look dead.
Photos are of before and now.
Only change has been that we had the garden fenced in and the trees were left there,  one behind the fence. The big laurel bushes which surrounded those trees before were cut down and removed  because the garden was so dark and closed in. Does anyone have a clue what has happened to my 2 lovely trees? Can I do anything to revive them? 

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  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039
    Those are dead, I'm afraid.
    How can you lie there and think of England
    When you don't even know who's in the team

    S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    The roots must've been damaged by the new fence and the shrub removal
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • thevictorianthevictorian Posts: 1,279
    They are shallow rooted trees and yours aren't saplings, so I think the work has disturbed/removed the roots. Unfortunately I don't think they will survive if there isn't any signs of life yet.
  • FallonFallon Posts: 74
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  • FallonFallon Posts: 74
    If I trim off the branches  is there any chance at all? 
  • JellyfireJellyfire Posts: 1,139
    They should be in leaf by now so look very much dead. try breaking a twig or two, if they are dead they will just snap off, if there is any life they will be more flexible and have some yellowy/green in the wood.


  • FallonFallon Posts: 74
    Thanks. Some of the branches have some flex as they don't snap off but some do. On one of the trees  the trunk is green when you scrape a bit off but the other one is brown. Is it worth cutting back the branches to see if there is life there? 
  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039
    Sorry, you will be wasting your time.
    How can you lie there and think of England
    When you don't even know who's in the team

    S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
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