Something is not right with a few of the trees in my yard. I hired an arborist to come look at them, and they said the trees were fine, but I’m not so sure. That same company is coming back on Tuesday to cut dead branches and haul them away, but I don’t want this problem to get worse, and I do think there is a problem.
Something is causing deep gouges in the trunks, then the branches start to die closest to the gouge working outward. The first two photos are of some kind of dogwood, the next three are a Japanese willow, and the last several are a crêpe myrtle.
Any best guess diagnosis or advice on next steps would be appreciated!
by oh-em-bee
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I’m not an arborist but I’m commenting so I can follow. I have a cherry that has the same splitting and the leaves are always dehydrated. I believe splitting comes from younger trees getting heat and cold shock, the cold from the night plus the sun from the day makes the trunk split, that’s why they paint tree bases white sometimes to offset the sun heat penetration. The outer layer of the tree is where I think a lot of the nutrients/water flow so it’s compromised, leading to dead branches in those areas.
Please correct me if I’m wrong, experts! There seems to be more at play here maybe.