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Robinia Tree

Last post 23-09-2008 3:09 PM by Ann62. 3 replies.

• 20/09/2008 04:35 PM

  Ann62 Location: Wiltshire Joined on: 20 Sep 2008 Posts: 3

  Reply | Contact My son planted a Robinia Tree on the birth of his daughter 10 years ago in my garden. For years it has had the most fantastic leaves, but for the past two years it has been very poor. Some branches are bare. My son moved to Perth WA and had a Robinia in his garden and the same thing has happened. We blamed the two wet summers we have had but that cannot be the reason he lost his tree. Do they only last a few years?

• 23/09/2008 10:39 AM

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  ungreen fingers Location: Berkshire Joined on: 11 Jun 2008 Posts: 6

  Reply | Contact Hi Ann We have two Robinia's in our garden, one of them has not had any leaf show at all this year, the other about 50%. There seems to be quite a lot of problems with these trees around the country at present. If you do a search on this website for Robinia the other threads will come up. I notice you are a RHS member, I contacted the RHS about these problems earlier in the year and they said that if we provided some samples to them they would test them as they do not know at the moment what is causing the problems. If you would like to send me a 'contact' message with your email address rather than a 'reply' I will forward a copy of their email to you.

• 23/09/2008 12:25 PM	In reply to
  Figwort Location: Peterborough Joined on: 20 Dec 2007 Posts: 258	Reply | Contact Ann Apparently the RHS advice service has had a lot of enquiries similar to yours. This profile might help: www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profiles0708/robinia.asp  There are never any problems in gardening - just opportunities! Geoff Hodge www.gardenforum.demon.co.uk

• 23/09/2008 03:09 PM	In reply to
  Ann62 Location: Wiltshire Joined on: 20 Sep 2008 Posts: 3	Reply | Contact  Thanks for your help I have gone to the site as suggested by Figwort so will go from there. Ann