Help with sick tree

dgwalker

I just bought a house in December of 2007. There are 3 trees in my backyard that are the same species. In the last two months all the leaves on 1 tree have turned brown and started to fall off. Even the small "baby leaves" that were sprouting from it's branches have turned brown.

I have attatched some links below to pictures of the 1 sick tree and 2 healthy trees.

Does anyone know what type of tree this is?
Does anyone know why it is sick?
What can I do to make the tree better?

Should I cut the tree down so it doesn't get the other trees sick?

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3209/...4a930c1b_b.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2399/...3ff7ee3b_b.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3131/...24bfa64e_b.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2347/...f04f7e46_b.jpg

2008-05-08 - a set on Flickr

Thanks for your help
Damien

Robert STAVROU

Morning, photograhs of flowers and foliage need to be clearer for better identification. Plants appear to be 'semi-advanced' or 'super-advanced' stock material. Check the below ground conditions i.e. plants may be in a 'well' type situation (watelogged).
This is by no means a positive diagnosis of your problem e.g. I could not tell even if the plant was deciduos.

regards

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newguy18

Those look like privets.Pictures of the base of the tree towards the ground will help and pictures of any damage to the tree that is visable[torn bark,broken limbs etc] will help as well.

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