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When a Weeping Cherry Is Beyond Saving: Assessing Trunk Damage

Extensive bark loss girdles the tree—like the Black Knight in Monty Python, it may linger but the end is near. No treatment can reverse severe trunk damage. Remove and replace with a healthy tree.

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