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Sprayed or Drought?

resres Posts: 61
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Noticed a section only of banding of yellow leafs to my laurel hedging - gardener reckons been sprayed by oddball neighbour and or could it be recent heatwave?
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  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    It looks sprayed to me.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • resres Posts: 61
    Definately not recent heatwave? Will they recover? (Section of leafs only yellowing).

    Is this criminal damage?

    Any thoughts to prevent?
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    It looks too neat to be natural.
    I'd say it's criminal damage. Someone else will be along to advise you about recovery.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • PosyPosy Posts: 3,601
    Where I live the council sprays road edges just like that, to keep back growth. Could it be that?
  • resres Posts: 61
    No - as a private road. Just did thin out hedging before recent heatwave; could it be leaf burn?
  • AnniDAnniD Posts: 12,585
    Are you able to get a closer photo? 
  • resres Posts: 61

  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 24,043
    I think it looks more like drought. It's probably quite dry there with the big trees.
    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
  • resres Posts: 61
    Thats what i thought as tree canopies reach over road so any rain does not hit hedging.
  • WoodgreenWoodgreen Posts: 1,273
    It seems to be where the laurel was 'thinned out' as you mentioned earlier, so I think it probably needs to recover from that and the dry weather isn't helping.
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