overgrown griselinia

Peggy O\’Connor asked 16 years ago

I have a griselinia hedge lined avenue which is 30 odd years old it has formed an arch which I would like to maintain. the only problem is it seems to be dying on me. I have tried to cut out as much dead wood as I can. It has new shoots but these quickly loose their leaves and become bare and also brown or black at the tips. What could I do it would be a shame to loose this beautiful feature. Is pruning an option because these are now more trees than shrubs. thanks

1 Answers

Gerry Daly Staff answered 6 years ago
This sounds like the tree, or more than one tree in the hedge, is suffering from honey fungus root disease. Pruning does not help … all you can do is wait and see if it progresses, which is likely.

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