Dying lyllandi

[12gauge82]

I've recently planted one of 10 large 30ftish lyllandi trees, it's in clay/Stoney soil and while the rest are all doing very well, this one is going a bit yellow and looking sorry for itself.

Anyone with any knowledge advice would be much appreciated.

[old'un]

Few years back I needed a quick lyllandi hedge so went to a grower of such trees, they were all field grown and needed digging out and bagging up and delivered, he did say that you may get the odd one that does not take, they were around 10 feet tall and out of the six I ordered one died, they are fairly shallow rooted and don’t like being moved so I’ve been told.

[12gauge82]

Thanks, might be a case of digging it out and replacing, unless anyone knows anything to help it have the best chance of survival 

[Bigbob]

Bigger trees dont take kindly to being moved unless they where pot grown  to much root disturbance , all you can do is water well and hope for the best 

[Sweet11-87]

usually very prolific and hardy trees, but if the root hairs dry out they can be dead before theyre back in the ground.  was it  root balled and bagged when you planted it or was it exposed?.

if it was rootballed then chances are thats the roots havent broken out yet and are also waterlogged. the wet will kill em faster than dry soil once theyre in the ground

 

Edited October 1, 2023 by Sweet11-87

[12gauge82]

Thanks for replies. They were all pot grown, the rest of the trees have taken really well, just the one is struggling.

[morgan]

Possibly may be water draining into the planting hole if clayey ground, or maybe rootbound. Has it got dead patches on foliage ? 

[12gauge82]

47 minutes ago, morgan said:

Possibly may be water draining into the planting hole if clayey ground, or maybe rootbound. Has it got dead patches on foliage ? 

It has a couple of brown patches but very minimal, it just looks very pale and yellow next to the other trees.