tanyatriangles

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There are two in the garden, both about 30 years old. Both produced healthy leaves and blossom this year.
One of them has now got all it's leaves hanging and brown, not just a few for autumn, but the whole lot in one go, so it appears to be dying/dead.

Does any keen gardener know if I can revive it, or why it's dying?

Both are in sunshine and have plenty of access to water.

TIA

douglasb

I had one that dies unexpectedly a couple of years back. It turned out to be a fungal growth/infection at the base of the trunk,

Sosbanite

Have a look here

Royal Horticultural Society | Advice Search | Brown leaves on woody plants

HTH.

If you're into gardening, RHS membership is well useful!

MikeCardiff

iTrader: (2)

Sounds like it is some kind of blight - mine have been hit by it a bit this year ( often happens when there is a dry spell after a very wet spell ) and have had quite a few dead leaves. If some of the dying leaves have black spots, holes etc.. it could point to this.

Spray with copper based fungicide, once in the autumn and again in the spring before it starts to flower and it should be recover OK.

Cherries are quite temperemental, but it does take a fair bit to actually kill them, so I'd give it a spray ( you may find it starts to produce some new leaf growth over autumn if the weather doesnt turn too cold ) and see how it looks next spring.

Leslie

Its a shame to lose such a good looking tree. Hope it recovers.

Les

windyboy

you've lost your flowering cherry at the age of 30, it had to happen eventually

sorry to hear about the sagging leaves too

windyboy