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Yew Trees dying but one is doing well. Why?

shipley92shipley92 Posts: 19
in Problem solving
Hi all,

So I bought 4 yew trees however 3 of them (Picture 1) look to be dying but the 4th (Picture 2) seems to be fine. They have all been planted in the same soil and location so just perplexed as to whats going on and is there a way I can save the 3 that are browning? 

Thanks in advance


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  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    How long have they been in, and how much are you watering them? It's been a dry spring (and windy here, which is also very drying) and getting such big plants established takes more water than many people realise, probably a couple of full buckets per plant, poured slowly at the base so it soaks in and doesn't run off, every few days until they've really got their roots down and are growing away well. More if it's dry, warm and windy. I wonder if the end one is perhaps getting a bit more shade so suffering less from too little water.
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    I agree that it's probably lack of water. Soak with buckets every few days through the summer, and into the autumn if it's dry.
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Those three are in a much more open site compared to the other one. That gap could just be a wind tunnel. Wind is very drying to foliage.
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • ButtercupdaysButtercupdays Posts: 4,546
    Even the fourth one looks in need of help, its leaves should be a very dark green and glossy, not pinched and yellowish, so don't leave that one out when you are watering the others. It should recover a bit faster than them though :)
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    I'd agree @Buttercupdays. They look as if they're in a raised bed, which will drain more quickly too.
    Yew doesn't like being waterlogged, but it does like plenty of regular water  :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • Arthur1Arthur1 Posts: 542
    May not be your fault. The poorly three could have been allowed to dry out before you bought them, and have declined since then. It takes trees a while to die. Too late now,  but you would have been better planting younger and smaller trees.
  • shipley92shipley92 Posts: 19
    Update - Unfortunately the 3 trees and well and truly yellow/brown. Are they still salvageable? Can anyone recommend what to do next?  
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    edited July 2022
    Water ... lots of it ... two buckets full each tree every other day until the end of the month and then two buckets full each tree twice a week until the end of September ... poured gently at the base of each tree so that it soaks in and doesn't run off the surface.  If they survive start again in March ... two buckets each twice a week. 

    There's not a membrane under that mulch is there?

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





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