Is this dead?

[cheeseontoastlover]

Should I chop it down?

I think it is sadly. Is it a conifer?
I have one just like that at the bottom of the garden and the ‘leaves’ crumble into dust when I pull them off.

Thanks @Lolaloveslemonade yes it's a conifer. Looks like it needs the chop ☹️

Conifers don’t recover in my experience!
Chop it down and start again with something new!

Sadly it is no more .

It looks like it could have honey fungus, which is a terrible blight in a garden and can spread to anything. Time to say goodbye to that particular tree I think.

Oh, I was about to come on to say, cleverly and all authoritatively, that the rule of thumb is: break off a lower branch/shoot and if it’s still green and soft inside instead of brown and woody, it’s not dead just stressed and in need of love and care. Then I saw it was a conifer. Yeah. It’s dead.

Thanks all I know what I need to do 🙁