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My 4 year old grisilinia hedge was badly damaged last winter but has new growth at the very bottom of each plant now, it's about 6 feet tall so how much of the old growth do I remove as the new growth so far is on the bottom 6 inches and from there up looks dead, totally brown and dry, all leaves shed.
There is new shoots appearing on the base of my griselinia which was badly damaged by our cold winter. Will you please advise on what I should do now? do I cut right back on the hedge and how far down to the base and when should I do this.
My leptospermums are completly dead this year. will they redevelope flowers if I leave them in the ground
When is it safe to say that cordylines and griselinia hedges are really dead after suffering severe frost damage?Can new hedge plants(probably hawthorn or lonicera nitida) be planted between the existing sawn off stumps of dead hedge plants without uprooting the dead ones?Any advice welcome...
I have a leptospermum that was badly hit by the frost and is 95% brown with a tiny section flowering. Presumably its days are numbered?
I sowed a griselinia hedge last september and now it's dead, people have said to leave it that it might come back but it's very unsightly with no growth, what should i do?
I have two camelias but as a result of the cold spell all the buds have turned brown. Is there any hope that these will re-sprout and bloom next year. Do I need to cut off the brown buds that exist.?
Please could you advise on a ten year old sarcococca which has has been having quite a bit of die back in the middle of the shrub. A younger plant which is planted beside it is also showing the same symptoms. They are planted in sandy soil in a bright place. Please can you help as they are near the hall door and give great joy on the winter day!.
I have Sections of Pittosporum established for 5-6 years now,Which is used for as Foliage Fillers.During the cold spell allot of it has been severly damaged, One factor that has not helped is the fact cutting were taken late last year from the trees.a. can I leave courgette plants which are doing very well, peppers,chilly peppers, aubergines and strawberry plants in situ or are they susceptible to blight ?162Some of the damaged plants are just starting to show signs of life lower down the tree.What would advise to try and help them along at this stage?
I have 4 lollypop Bay trees out side my house , since the bad frost at xmas the leaves have turned brown and the trucks have cracked!I have pruned them right back as far as I could go and at the moment they have no leaves on them, and no sign of any new growth either! can you tell me am I wasting my time with them now? The 4 of them were planted pots which opened into the ground!
Hi Gerry, My griselenia hedge of 35 years has died. Last winter's frost burned it. Ant hope of it regenerating this year? Recently I have cut back one of them to see will green shoots sprout. but nothing as yet. If I were to have to replace it is there some similar plant/shrub that would provide similar shelter and privacy but not suffer from the frost damage? Regards Patrick
My privet hedge is all burnt I think it may have been due to the snow and cold ? Can it be treated and saved as its my front boundary .
My eucalyptus tree which is approx 6 years old is looking rather poorly have given it some water over the past few weeks . is it suffering from the frost effect like other plants?
I have a small bay leaf tree and after the winter there are no leaves at all on it and not a bud to be seen. I did have it covered in a fleece bag. Is it gone for good?
We have a Jelly Palm in our front garden for the past 2 years but since this year's frost all the leaves have died - do you think it will recover or is there anything we can do. There appears to be no new growth.
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