Lilac Tree Problems
I have 2 lilac trees in our backyard that we've had for many years now.
Yet only one has this problem. The 'good' tree is very compact and has many large leaves while this one is very sparse and it's leaves are small and curl. So there must be something wrong with it but what?
There's Cedar waxwings nesting in the top of it so I can't do anything to it for the next while.
Last pic is the tree next to the other healthy one. You can notice (hopefully) the difference in the leaves
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8 years agolast modified: 8 years agoSorry! Didn't realize how crappy my photos were. All blurry and sideways yeesh
There was an abnormally warm winter and everything is ahead here by a Month so the trees did leaf out early and were hit by a couple freezes. Yet the fuller tree was out more than this one but maybe like you said it decided to affect this one. And there's no snow drifts ever in that spot. The most snow we got this year was maybe a foot and it didn't hang around long. Some of the new growth shows the exact same symptoms, but other spots seem normal.
Thankyou! My family does all the yard work. Usually me however! We've been lucky this year as far as weeds go. Nothing popping up except my neighbours columnar aspen seeslings
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