plum tree dying

Hi all, I planted this plum tree end of last year a month or so it came to life and looked good and healthy. But when I came back from holiday last week it looks to be dying if not dead can any thing be done to save it, can anyone help? Thanks for reading

 

Try a very good soaking, new trees need a lot of water till they get established.

 

Maybe it's out of sync and thinks it's autumn? I had a bonsai that did that once.

 

If the watering pulls it round, BS, it would be worth leaving a 1m circle of clear earth around the trunk, at least for a couple of years. If you can get hold of something suitably organic like compost, manure, leafmould or chipped bark (with a light sprinkle of nitrogen fertiliser underneath the last one) a good deep layer over the soil, but away from the trunk, will help the tree get established.

 

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