any hope for this 1/2 dead dogwood

2 years ago

Any ideas on what could be killing my dogwood? I have 5 others that are blooming as usual so weather should not be the issue.

last year in full bloom

this year taken from almost the same location

some of my others

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ken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
2 years ago
on my 5 acres. i can have the same plant in 4 locations.. and they all react differently to winter and weather ...

i note the 4 in bloom.. have a nice pine wind block behind ...

what i cant tell from the first pic.. is if the part that didnt bloom is leafing out like the rest ...

location usually helps.. big city name ... so we understand winter and spring ... did you get the recent freeze??

ken
bernbecca
Original Author
2 years ago
Kansas City area, zone5/6. And yes we did have some snow 4/20

followed by 2 hard freeze nights...it has a few leaves but not like the blooming side. The wood is still flexible, guess time will tell
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jrb451
2 years ago
last modified: 2 years ago
Ouch! I lost over 1/4 of my largest Dogwood this year. The limbs had blossum buds that never opened and anemic leaf growth. I hope it doesn’t progress but I fear it will. The best looking dogwood on our property was one that was outside the watering zone and received no care. What’s that say?
bernbecca
Original Author
2 years ago
last modified: 2 years ago
none of mine get "care", it will be sad if this tree doesn't recover, it has been a beaut!

this is blooming beautifully

as are these
bengz6westmd
2 years ago
It could be dogwood anthracnose attacking your tree.

https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffnt&q=dogwood+anthracnose&atb=v224-1&ia=web
ken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
2 years ago
all you can do is wait and see.. and let us know ...ken

ps: the ice was pretty while it lasted.... but i doubt that is any consolation ...
ken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
2 years ago
and i should add .. this is basically normal in my MI ... with the spring flowering trees ... if winter doesnt get them .. then spring might ...

99% of the time ... and otherwise healthy tree can releaf if they all happen to fall off ...

by my observation this spring.. we were having one of the best tree flowers shows in a long time ... and then ..BAM!!! ... overnight.. almost all the flowers were gone ...... i enjoyed it while i could ...

ken

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