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About 2 months ago I planted 196 potted laurel shrubs to form a hedge. All was well until 2 weeks ago when I noticed the leaves on 5 or 6 plants were being eaten as well as turning yellow then brown. These plants are now under stress. I have clipped any grass around the plants to try and help them survive.
Is it possible to transplant hedging this time of year? what hedges would you recommend for shaded areas?what climbers would you recommend for shaded areas?
I have a large arrangement of Buxus shrubs that appear to be continually deteriorating after the frost. The leaves are turning yellow/brown and are extremely dry. I have been watering and waiting to see if there is any recovery but the problem seems to be spreading further up through the plants from the roots. Is there anything I can do or any treatment I can give them. I would hate to loose them as the collection would be very difficult and very expensive to replace.
I have a problem with a row of hedging I have had recently planted. I'm by no means a gardening expert but I believe the type of hedging to be prunus laurocerasus. It was planted roughly 16 weeks ago. The leaves on most of the plants have turned yellow are now shedding profusely. The hedge is situated next to a wall in the back garden and the garden itself has got underlay and loose stone on top. Please see the attached photo. This was taken when the hedges were first planted. Can you think of or see a reason as to why the plants are dying? I have a dog in the garden also and I was wondering if it could be his urine thats causing the damage? Can you tell if the hedge will recover?
I have a 5 yr old Griselinia hedge that got badly damaged by the frost. What can i do ?
i want to snip off some pieces of existing fushia shrub i have. is it too late to simply stick it in the ground, can i make a hedge out of it, if so, how far apart should it be set?
In a previous message I asked if cutting back the top/new growth of a copper beach hedge will help it to thicken at the base. I belive your answer was no. All the other advise I received from garden centres suggested I cut back the new growth in late July to encourage more growth further down? Does this make sense... I need/want the hedge to thicken and not grow any higher than 5 feet. Currently the plants are young 4 ft plants......
I have 3 yr laurel hedge and for the first time some of the plants have sprouted a white flower.Is this something to worry about as some of the affected plants are otherwise healthy while the rest have had their leaves turn yellow.
I recently planted a laurel hedge as a screen. The plants are 3 - 4 ft high. Should I cut them back/down to promote growth at bottom.
I recently (last week in march) planted a copper beach hedge inside a 3 ft high pariimiter wall. 90% of the trees are showing signs of growth i.e. sprouting or new leaves. I'm hoping the other 10% will come good in the next few weeks. If they dont what should I do. Should I also trim the tops to enable growth lower down. I am a novice gardener. The plantts are ~ 3 - 4 ft high...
I planted small conifers 25 years ago. With constant cutting and shaping these grew into a beautiful manicured hedge. This year alot of brown patches have appeared in the hedge. Has it run its course or has the harsh winter effected it? Is there anything I can do now to nurse it back to health?
We live about 1 from the coast in north mayo. we are on top of a hill and the north wind blows straight in our back door. the back garden is split level so our boundry line is 6-7 feet below our footpaths. what type of trees/hedging can we plant , fast growing preferably, about 50 yards from the house.
I want to plant a hedge on a sloped garden. Because the garden is only 24Ft wide I want a low tight evergreen hedge and want to maintain the hedge at approx 2Ft in height. A tall hedge wouldn't look right. Can you suggest 2 evergreen plants that would go well together if planted alternatively on both sides of the garden? The soil is clay with some stones but is well dug. The slope can get some strong wind also from the side.
Looking for an evergreen hedge for the end of my garden to block the view of a small appartment block behind us, something that will grow upright and dont need any clipping
I have a griselinia hedge that is about 40 years old. But in the last couple of years it has developed dead patches, whole plants just died. I would thin them out and the two plants either side would fill in the gap. But at one end of the hedge, at the entrance to the house, the rightmost plant is wilting and the next plant to the left is dead. So I can't thin these two plants because there is no plant to the right to fill the gap. I have never encountered wilting before and am wondering should I remove both plants completely and replace with new plants. This will leave a large gap at the front of the house while the new plants grow. Any idea why the griselinia could wilt like that?Also I have a very large griselinia at the back of the house. It is 25 yards long and 8 foot high and up to 6 foot in width. It is becoming very dificult to trim, especially as it is so wide. Could you advise on how to prune such a huge hedge. Several of my neighbours have used a chainsaw to take a foot off the top, no sure if this is a good idea, but theirs seemed to grow back within a year. Or, how does one trim the sides to make it narrower and more maneagable?
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