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What's Killing my laurel

andyvEwP9yomandyvEwP9yom Posts: 3
in Problem solving
Hey everyone, I have a laurel hedge, maybe 30/40 years hold, about 20 ft long and 2m high, 

I am loosing 1  - 2 per of the hedges season, the leaves are going like the image below, then they die and fall off. The plants lots of vines interwoven over the years, and I have cut a log of these back.    There is a white 'mold' /  powder on the trunk but not on the leaves?    

I have tried water / grow more, running out of options! 

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  • bédébédé Posts: 3,095
    edited April 2023
    I hope it's not honey fungus.  If the plant dies, the leaves die.
     location: Surrey Hills, England, ex-woodland acidic sand.
    "Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
  • andyvEwP9yomandyvEwP9yom Posts: 3
    I do get a cluster of mushrooms pop up in the garden annually but no wear near the laurel, having googled the issue you mention 'honey fungus'  another sign is cracked bark, guess what, I have that to.  Its not looking good is it.  
  • bédébédé Posts: 3,095
    edited April 2023
    Honey fungus mushrooms pop up anywhere from the roots.  But usually in a dense cluster at the base of the trunk.

    Peel a bit of bark off and have a look.  Also dig up a few trial patches about a spit deep; look for the "bootlaces".  

    There are few cures.  But they don't like cultivation, possibly not an option.  Fingers crossed.
     location: Surrey Hills, England, ex-woodland acidic sand.
    "Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
  • andyvEwP9yomandyvEwP9yom Posts: 3
    what's a bootlace?  
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