We have a new tree and it looked like that until we watered 5 gallons every 3 days then it perked up.

I did buy one of those plastic watering drip irrigation systems mid last week. I think it holds 15 gallons. It went through all the water in a couple days, so I just refilled it today. Hopefully that will solve the curled leaves problem. I have hope knowing that yours perked up after a lot of watering.

Did yours have the leaf holes as well? Or is that a separate problem I wonder?

Thanks! :)

That last picture looks exactly like hail damage. If the tree otherwise survives, this won't do it any harm in the long run. It's tough to keep a new tree thriving through its first August but it sounds like you're doing the right things.

When transplants are involved, especially if the native soil is clay, the traditional gardening advice of watering deeply and infrequently should be tossed out of the window. That only works for established plants/trees. Keep the rootball moist until it establishes itself.

Thank you! I'll be sure to keep it well watered and hopefully it will come around.

I don't see much wrong,.. curled leaves I've seen on my tree every year,..almost have to say that's normal?

I agree with Konrad, I have two Schubert trees, they don't seem to be curled now but I've had them for many years, but this year in particular I noticed that my well established apple trees did that when the hot weather hit after the wet June and early July. I think your leaves were likely very lush and when the heat hit they curled?? I have found that choke cherry trees are pretty tough! Aside from that, I've never been able to post multiple pictures like you did, I've seen Konrad do the same, Is there info on GW how you do this? Thanks.

I agree with Konrad too, I think every new tree I plant does that for the first couple of years. Planted a new apple for my niece and it curled as well. C

Braeburn, you need to use an external photo hosting site such as photobucket.com, and post the HTML text into your message.

Thank you northspruce, I'll get set up with them and give it a try. I'm set up with Flickr but I don't know if it works like that or not. (as you can probably tell I'm no computer whiz)

Copie and paste, [direct link]
below into URL Link, then name that link

Here is a link that might be useful: Cedar Waxwing video

Sorry,
this last post was meant for the birding forum,..well, if you have a video then you can do it like this.

thanks for your help konrad, between you and northspruce I should be able to figure it out.
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Hi moonstarr, I just wanted to ask how your trees turned out after you made this post. I am having the exact same issues

A lot of the Schubert chokecherries in my neighbourhood are infected with blackknot...it's really unsightly.