Our poor trees

[aRMY83]

Our poor trees seem to be dying off! The first image is a Pine we bought for our grandson some 12 plus years ago and now dying.



The second image is a Sugar Maple, only two years old. Got up one morning, about two months ago, and leaves where brown in color! Waited another week, and it was dead.



The third image is my beloved Weeping Willow of 2.5 years old and just right out died!



Beats the h--- out of us to what in the world happen to them. We know we had loads of rain in April and one heck of a dry spell lately and that may explain images, two and three.

However, can't explain why the Pine just upright, started to die off! Checked with the neighbors, and none of their trees, old or new, our having any problems or issues.

[Tumbleweed]

Oh that is a bummer. My initial thought is the mountain pine beetle which, unfortunatly, has killed most all the pine trees here in Omaha and most of the forest pines in Colorado and Idaho but since you have two other trees that seem to have died, I'm not so sure but saddly, I fear that is the cause of your pine looking so poorly.

www.dailyhiker.com/news/mountain-pine-beetle-leads-path-of-destruction-across-north-america/

Obviously, there is no stopping this beetle.

As for your other two trees. Don't cut them down just yet. Let them be for the winter and see what the Spring holds for them. I have a sugar maple that was about the same size as yours that appeared to have died so I cut it down to the ground about 7 years ago. Surprisingly the next year up it came as if nothing bad had happened and it is now probably nearing 30 foot tall.

I really don't recall us having a particularly dry summer that caused my sugar maple to just loose all it's leaves and appear dead as can be, but maybe it was just too dry. I'm not one to be keeping track of rain fall and jumping in to water my trees if the rain fall is lacking, it's just something I don't do and probably should.

I don't have any hopes for your pine but the other two may still have a chance for a comeback next year.

Oh, and I just wanted to add. I adore weeping willows. In my old house my neighbor had a beautiful old weeping willow. Every morning I'd look out my kitchen window admiring it. I loved that tree. Well, my neighbor moved out and some new people moved in and after I was gone out of town for my job for about a week I came home and looked out my kitchen window and the willow was gone. The stupid new neighbor cut it down because they heard kids can hang themselves in the tree. I don't know it this is true or not but I also learned they were from Arizona and hated feeling closed in so they cut every tree in their yard down. I'm telling you, I could have cried for that willow. I know I was madder than a hornet over the whole thing and never did learn to like my new neighbor. lol

[dude]

oh my god! we need rain here!

[Tumbleweed]

So Army, Did you end up cutting those down or give them a second chance?