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Sick Silver Birch

18 years ago

Hi,

My Silver Birch is looking very sick indeed. It is only a few years old, is above the roof top in height, but looks as though it is dying of thirst. The tree fern next to it looks just fine, and the soil is moist a few inches below the surface. It doesn't have a specific sprinkler on it but gets run off from the watering of other things upline. When it had first leafed this season the leaves looked as though they were eaten somewhat and some looked a little distorted. Could this be a disease of some sort?

Any clues?

Woori

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