Question
My purple crown locust has never bloomed in the 5 years that I've had it and the past two years in the summer whole branches of leaves are dying off. Should I remove it and start over?
Answer(s)
Purple Robe or Purple Crown Locust are highly susceptible to locust borer, and that is probably what is affecting the branches and leaves dying off. I know in certain nurseries, survival rates for locust trees run about 10%, that is one out of every 10 trees even make it to retail nursery for sale. Link to USU publication on locust borer http://extension.usu.edu/files/publications/factsheet/locust-borers02.pdf
If you start over, I would not recommend another species of tree. Go to USU TreeBrowser, an online tool to help you select trees suitable for Utah. Go to http://www.treebrowser.org/
Answer(s)
Purple Robe or Purple Crown Locust are highly susceptible to locust borer, and that is probably what is affecting the branches and leaves dying off. I know in certain nurseries, survival rates for locust trees run about 10%, that is one out of every 10 trees even make it to retail nursery for sale. Link to USU publication on locust borer http://extension.usu.edu/files/publications/factsheet/locust-borers02.pdf
If you start over, I would not recommend another species of tree. Go to USU TreeBrowser, an online tool to help you select trees suitable for Utah. Go to http://www.treebrowser.org/
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