#2: Re: Sick tree - Help please!
Posted on 2006-06-11 22:39:56 by Jangchub
It's a sumac and if it were my tree I would get that goop off
immediately. Dressing wounds and covering decay promotes more of the
same. Some years it flowers well, some doesn't, but it's pretty
invasive in my yard. I have at least 25 saplings around the main tree
which I have to dig out and pot up for sale.
On Sun, 11 Jun 2006 20:46:26 +0100, "DM"
<anti-spam-dmortell@eircom.net-anti spam> wrote:
>This tree doesn't seem to be very healthy.
>
>http://homepage.eircom.net/~ThePlayer/IMGP1684-1.jpg
>
>There was a lot of dead wood on it that I cut away and then applied Seal and
>Heal to the exposed cut surfaces. I also applied it to the area of decay on
>the trunk, pictured here........
>
>http://homepage.eircom.net/~ThePlayer/IMGP1679-1.jpg
>
>My neighbour says that it isn't flowering like it used to (we only moved in
>six months ago). The flower is pictured here.........
>
>http://homepage.eircom.net/~ThePlayer/IMGP1683-1.jpg
>
>Apologies for the image quality. The flower is bone dry and crumbly.
>
>We really like this tree. It is the perfect natural sun umbrella. We sit
>under it all the time. What can I do to revive it?
>
>Many thanks.
>
>D.
>
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#3: Re: Sick tree - Help please!
Posted on 2006-06-12 05:20:15 by Plant Info
I think your tree is a staghorn sumac (Rhus typhina). If so, since it's a
rather fast growing plant, I'm not surprised that you have some dead
branches -- and maybe it's not really "sick" afterall. I usually see it
growing as a suckering shrub along the freeway in these parts. Since it
suckers readily, when grown as a shrub it can be cut back to the ground to
rejuvenate it. Check out these 2 sites for more info:
http://www.ag.ndsu.edu/trees/handbook/th-3-59.pdf and
http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/consumer/factsheets/shrub s/rhus_typhina.html
Hope this helps!
Suzy O, Zone 5, Wisconsin
"DM" <anti-spam-dmortell@eircom.net-anti spam> wrote in message
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> This tree doesn't seem to be very healthy.
>
> http://homepage.eircom.net/~ThePlayer/IMGP1684-1.jpg
>
> There was a lot of dead wood on it that I cut away and then applied Seal
> and Heal to the exposed cut surfaces. I also applied it to the area of
> decay on the trunk, pictured here........
>
> http://homepage.eircom.net/~ThePlayer/IMGP1679-1.jpg
>
> My neighbour says that it isn't flowering like it used to (we only moved
> in six months ago). The flower is pictured here.........
>
> http://homepage.eircom.net/~ThePlayer/IMGP1683-1.jpg
>
> Apologies for the image quality. The flower is bone dry and crumbly.
>
> We really like this tree. It is the perfect natural sun umbrella. We sit
> under it all the time. What can I do to revive it?
>
> Many thanks.
>
> D.
>
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