Ash Dieback

It's been in the country since 2009, or earlier, research began in Denmark a few years before that, but the imported trees kept coming into the country.

I can confirm this , I successfully rescued two Ash trees in my garden , honestly thought they were dead, severely pruned them , thinking I'll keep trunks as a feature in garden. Two years later, they are in full bloom, I do notice some spots of Die Back and remove these stems.

I'm not exaggerating when I say I severely pruned them , this is them this morning.

Well whatever trees survive will probably be wiped out by the emerald ash beetle

Hi, sorry was out, yes I left the main trunk and some branches but literally remove all bud, foliage, essentially left with trunk and a few thick branches.

I've a Theory and it's only a guess.

Removing all and any growth near the ground or base seems to help. I had believed these two were gone and pruned severely thinking just leave a feature.

These are 20 year old trees and I've hard younger trees less likely to survive. I should say, I've an adjoining site, and many Ash have died. It's a bewildering disease, doesn't seem to affect other species of Ash, I've a beautiful mountain Ash right beside these two Ash trees and it thriving.

I may just have been lucky, I can't explain it, Die back was confirmed, I'm in the Midlands and it's rampant.

The species will survive but it will lose its dominant position.

There's a few lime trees up the road from me and you can hear the humming sounds 10 meters away at the moment.

You could replace the Ash with Birch, or Hornbeam if you want something bushy

Feck it anyway. Signs of it in our Ash trees here. I had a closer look during the week. Trees nearer the motorway seem to be more infected, but they may be younger. Our place is covered in Ash do it will destroy the place if it kills everything.

First pic shows the damage. That pic was taken on the tree on the far right of the 2nd pic.

Same here there is barely an ash in any direction which looks healthy.

One of the trees I took down- I’m presuming that’s it.

Also known as olive ash, beautiful color and grain