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Half dying evergreen

Kevin AldredKevin Aldred Posts: 3
in Problem solving

Hi, An evergreen has struggled to come to life this spring and has dropped leaves throughout spring. It is now half alive and half dying. See photo. Should I cut out the dying branches or leave?

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  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,444

    I can't see it well enough to see what it is but cut off the dead, it serves no purpose except as an entry for disease.

    and it spoils your enjoyment



    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • Kevin AldredKevin Aldred Posts: 3

    Thanks, I think it may be a Photinia.

  • Kevin AldredKevin Aldred Posts: 3

    Thanks. I have cut away the half that was dying but couldn't see anything. 

    If it was fire blight then I read that DEFRA has to be informed. 

    Cheers. 

  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,131

    Hi Kevin - whereabouts are you?  DEFRA only has to be informed if the outbreak is in Gt Britain but not on the mainland, eg Isle of Man, Northern Ireland etc. 


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





  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,444

    http://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?PID=160

    It's a bit of a leap to decide it's fireblight though.



    In the sticks near Peterborough
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