no flowers

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• gardeninglily1 Posts: 424

  May 2015

  Maybe a good feed ?  Having said that, I don't feed mine and I garden on free-draining sandy soil. Does the bark and the leaves look healthy? 

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• jo hale Posts: 4

  May 2015

  bark looks healthy.Had loads of leaves last year and year before.some leaves starting to develop but alas no flowers.

   

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• Dovefromabove Posts: 88,138

  May 2015

  Do you ever see pigeons in the tree? or bullfinches?

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

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• Buttercupdays Posts: 4,546

  May 2015

  You say no flowers for the last two years, which implies it flowered before that. Is this right?

  I had a mature cherry tree which apparently stopped flowering. On inspection the buds were forming but then vanishing. The leaves were full of holes and there were lots of green shiny beetles - quite pretty. I think they were rose chafers.

  The tree was way too big to spray, but the problem went away when I put up bird feeders nearby. The birds, especially the tit family, all queued in the cherry while waiting their turn and ate all the bugs!

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• jo hale Posts: 4

  May 2015

  The tree has been in situ for about 6 years and has flowered even year except the last 2 years.As far as I can see there hasn't been eating it. The bark looks healthy with no splits in it. Might have to resort to drastic actions if a solution can't be found! Maybe giving it a good prune in the summer might help or failing that cut it down dig it out and start again!

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• jo hale Posts: 4

  May 2015

  Have had a look at the tree today and there seems to be some small buds and someleaves developing. its not in a sheltered position so may be that's the answe

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