Ask-a-Dave's-Gardener: Diablo ninebark tree dead?, 1 by hcmcdole

hcmcdole wrote:
Looked at my ninebark a short while ago and still waiting on photos from my phone to transfer to my laptop (via email). Some branches appeared dead and snapped like they were. Some had darker branches coming off the older lighter color limbs and had obvious buds. I cut into one of the darker branches and it had just a hint of green. The older branches are the ones that had shedding bark but also had the lighter color bark (not that I find that significant other than observation).

Anyway if you don't have to replace your plant this winter, I'd let it alone and see what it does in spring.

Yay the files finally got here. I doubt this will be much help but here is what mine looks like today.