Junipers are dying! Help!

[smiegal]

Although I suspect these are too far gone, I'm hoping someone might be able to give us some advice to revive these junipers.

We have about five or six large junipers that act as a nice privacy screen between our property and our neighbors'. They're at least twelve feet tall.

Over the past couple of years, they've started to die from the inside out. We live in Mid-Michigan.

Any advice to revive them or are they too far gone?

 

[Tetters]

Welcome to the forums @smiegal
They are a disaster aren't they... I wouldn't even try to revive them, I reckon they are too far gone. Mind you, this may not be a total loss. If you were to cut off all the branches and leave the trunks where they are, trim the tops of the bare trunks to desired height, and use them to make either a wired fence or trellis (wooden) you could make a stunning divider with climbing roses, clematis and honeysuckle etc.
That would be an easier job and not quite so devastating. You may even be able to wiggle a few pole beans in as well?

 

[smiegal]

Welcome to the forums @smiegal
They are a disaster aren't they... I wouldn't even try to revive them, I reckon they are too far gone. Mind you, this may not be a total loss. If you were to cut off all the branches and leave the trunks where they are, trim the tops of the bare trunks to desired height, and use them to make either a wired fence or trellis (wooden) you could make a stunning divider with climbing roses, clematis and honeysuckle etc.
That would be an easier job and not quite so devastating. You may even be able to wiggle a few pole beans in as well?

Thanks for the warm welcome!

Thanks for the suggestion. I imagine my neighbors will scratch their heads a bit, but I love the idea!

 

[Tetters]

Oh good. The wildlife will also love the idea I think. Birds, bees and butterflies, and those trees will not grow any more bits, so they will stay good. If you had a shredder, you could make a bit more mulch with the branches maybe, or else have a fire, with a barby and a few tinnies

 

[oneeye]

Although I suspect these are too far gone, I'm hoping someone might be able to give us some advice to revive these junipers.

We have about five or six large junipers that act as a nice privacy screen between our property and our neighbors'. They're at least twelve feet tall.

Over the past couple of years, they've started to die from the inside out. We live in Mid-Michigan.

Any advice to revive them or are they too far gone?View attachment 95651View attachment 95652View attachment 95654View attachment 95656

Your plants are infested with bagworms. You can treat them but it looks like it may be a waste of time and too late.

Bagworms are larval insects that devour the small needles of junipers, bald cypress, Italian and Arizona cypress and arborvitae, among many other evergreens. Once stripped, these plants are lethargic about leafing back out again. They show up in late spring (usually mid- to late May or very early June). google

 

[lifegardener]

Although I suspect these are too far gone, I'm hoping someone might be able to give us some advice to revive these junipers.

We have about five or six large junipers that act as a nice privacy screen between our property and our neighbors'. They're at least twelve feet tall.

Over the past couple of years, they've started to die from the inside out. We live in Mid-Michigan.

Any advice to revive them or are they too far gone?View attachment 95651View attachment 95652View attachment 95654View attachment 95656

They are too far gone unfortunately.

 

[Sheal]

I can't see any evidence of Bagworms and they would strip the junipers in a few weeks, not two years.

 

[cpp gardener]

Or, alternatively, remove all the branches that have no green on them and don’t cut any that do. Feed them with a good all-purpose food, liquids work fastest, and see what comes back. If indeed there is very little left, then remove that one and start over or remove them all and start over.

 

[Chuck]

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