Help

We planted 5 trees approx 10 years ago and I have had to dig 1 up today as it had died. The other 4 are looking ok...ish... But on closer inspection underneath they are look brown and crumble to the touch.

I couldn't for the life of me remember what they were but as uck would have it the label was still attatched to the 1 that had dies. The label reads Cham.laws.ellwoodi ????

Anybody with any help or advice out there?? Fon't want to loose the other 4!

 

The plant is Chamaecyparis lawsoniana ellwoodii. Any chance of a pic of the damage?

 

Hello Nina.
Dai has told you what the trees are.
We have all had a very cruel winter and although these trees are usually hardy All round about me I am seeing dead conifers.
Weather might be the cause but can you post a pic so that we can have a look.

 

Thankyou very much for replying, Will get out and take a pic..........when it stops raining!
And apologies for my dreadful spelling mistakes.

 

As promised, here are the pics of my poor trees.
The one that I dug out was completely brown and very brittle. It didn't seem to thrive like the others, we thought it could possibly have been suffocated by the neighbours plant but I don't know if you can see from the pics 2 of them are dwarfed by an enormous tree and seemed to be doing ok

 

Doesn't look like there's anything wrong with them to me, but without further inspection I can't be sure. Coniferous trees like these go brown in the middle and the inner twigs die off simply because there's no light getting to them and they're don't photosynthesize; therefore they're surplus to requirement and the tree gets rid of them.

 

Great Thanks. So I'm just panicking because the little one died!
I really haven't a clue when it comes to gardening. Am just beginning to take an interest and since I have removed the dead tree I have already marked out for a shady border!!! So any suggestions for plants in shade would be gratfully recieved.
Thanks again for the reassurance

 

I agree, it`s just the normal die back of the central needles, though on the fourth pic there is a patch of dead foliage which looks like cat or dog damage.:hehe::gnthb: