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Help my hedge is dying

OwnerofbrownhedgeOwnerofbrownhedge Posts: 6
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Hello About three weeks ago my husband decided to cut the hedge as it was getting very tall . He cut about two metres off the top and took the sides in a bit. Since then the hedge has started to turn brown. Is there anything that can be done to help it turn green.
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  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,444

    Hi, that really depends on what the hedge is. Privet, lonicera, yew and many others, no problem, it will come back.

    Most conifers will be destroyed



    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,131

    Hello Ownerofbrownhedge image

    What sort of plants does your hedge consist of? 


    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • OwnerofbrownhedgeOwnerofbrownhedge Posts: 6
    Oh no! It's a conifer - how do I upload a photo on here ?
  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,444

    Click on the tree 2nd right in the tool bar and work from there



    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • OwnerofbrownhedgeOwnerofbrownhedge Posts: 6
    Thanks for your reply! So I should remove all the brown and water the hedge and spray it with water also!?

    Just want to get it right before I kill the hedge off completely :-/
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,131

    If it's a cupressus-type hedge I'm afraid that once you've cut back into the brown wood it is unlikely to rejuvenate and grow fresh green growth.

     


    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • treehugger80treehugger80 Posts: 1,923

    im afraid if its a lealandii/cyprus type conifer hedge its not going to come back from brown wood, if its yew or something similar it might have chance of coming back.

    but its sounds like the hedge may have terminal damage.

  • OwnerofbrownhedgeOwnerofbrownhedge Posts: 6

    image

     finally managed to upload a photo of the brown hedge which is getting browner by the day image

  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,131

    I'm afraid that's as good as it's going to get image  Cupressus don't like their sides being trimmed more than a fraction.  

    I can see why you wanted its width reduced - it's taking up a lot of your garden. 

    What about getting rid of them and having a tall trellis fence and covering it with evergreen clematis and some roses or something like that?  You'd get the privacy without it using almost all of your garden.  


    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • OwnerofbrownhedgeOwnerofbrownhedge Posts: 6

    Is there a height restriction on how high you are allowed fences or walls etc? 

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