Hello,
We recently had a storm come through and my worst fear has happened.
This tree has been going through a lot, vines have been running up the whole tree for years so I followed the advice of a local arborist to clear a foot section around the tree, which to this point, the vines have been dying off and releasing its hold on the bark.
Because the last owner neglected them though, the vines have traveled high into the willow and the bottom couple branches have been dying off.
Flash forward to the storm we had the other day… one of the dead branches fell onto another branch that wasn’t dead and it ripped a chunk out of the base of the willow!
I attached pictures.
Is this tree still savable? It’s my favorite tree on property and I’ve been really trying to save it from the vines.
Any advice on what I could do would be greatly appreciated