Going, going ...
The weeping cherry on our terrace is probably 47 years old this year. It's been in decline since we moved here in 2005. Because of the warm winter and spring, it's blossoming almost a full month early. This is how it looked yesterday ...
... and this is the same tree last year.
I hope this precipitous decline is temporary, possibly caused by the lack of a really cold winter, but I'd be fooling myself to think a nearly fifty-year-old cherry isn't nearing the end of its life.
Though the flowering cherry is pretty, it isn't appropriate to this place or this garden. The large Sycamore on the right is.
If the decline continues next year, it may be time to cut the cherry down.
... and this is the same tree last year.
I hope this precipitous decline is temporary, possibly caused by the lack of a really cold winter, but I'd be fooling myself to think a nearly fifty-year-old cherry isn't nearing the end of its life.
Though the flowering cherry is pretty, it isn't appropriate to this place or this garden. The large Sycamore on the right is.
If the decline continues next year, it may be time to cut the cherry down.
James Golden