Thanks for the replies. I have lived in the area and the hedges were well established when I came....I will take some photos tomorrow - weather dependent. The first hedge started to lose its leaves last summer and gradually more and more of this hedge has become defoliated - definitely 10m now dead. The next garden over is again losing sections in the midlle of what was a healthy hedge - we wait to see if it rejunvenates but I can't see any sign of buds/growth.
got rid of old hedge the variety was" Smaragd" replaced the soil and replanted a new hedge of privets. bare rooted.used root grow gel plus bonemeal,used weed suppressing fabric. Lightly clipped the following year and mulched with manure from a local supplier I have used for years.fed with q4 pellets watered well and weeded,last year I used tree bark and chipping as a mulch.this year, loads of grey toadstools/mushrooms? appeared and a few months on and the leaves turned yellow and the privets dropped loads of leaves whilst at the same time loads of flowers appeared almost everywhere also some of the leaves curled. I put some maxi crop foliage feed on and around the roots,and watered etc as we had an unexpected dry spell. my plants are now 4 years old (i used a staggered alternate growing pattern initially and was impressed with their growth and colour until approx 2 months ago.I'm retired now and after all the effort and the advice I have been given and taken.I am devastated with my efforts.any advice gratefully appreciated in advance.ps also put two ton of well rotted and dry farmyard manure as another mulch last week.
My very old privet hedge started showing signs of die back last summer and adjoining sections have produced less growth this year with leaves mottled reddish. My neighbour had an ornamental cherry which died (honey fungus?) close to the hedge. The hedge screens us from a busy road so needs to be replaced if the die-back continues so what would be suitable, preferably evergreen, quick growing to 5ft 6" tall (not leylandii) please?
We have golden privits that are 4 yrs old or so.we also planted burning bushes. They are lush and green my privits have only a small amount of green grown near the bottom. Then a few branches have green leaves. Is this winter burn or got frozen tips? Is this normal do I need to cut all the way down. It seems like the branches are not dead just nothing....or does this bush just take time ? We live in Nebraska...
The privet hedges in our garden are probably between 60 and 100 yrs old and dead and yellowing areas are appearing. I assumed that this was due to repeated shearing and removal without any attempt to replace nutrient over a long period. We replanted with small privet plants and lots of compost etc. Now the new plants are going yellow too. What do we do?
They might be succumbing to a fungus [honey fungus] which can kill them, Roger. As they're very old, that could be the issue, especially if new plants are going the same way Bronze leaves are not an issue as such - they can often turn that colour in cold weather, and they do drop leaves so those would turn yellow first.
If you have some photos, that would really help with further advice and suggestions. It's hard to make a useful prediction about the problem without all the facts.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
That's a good age for a privet hedge, Roger and it might have just got to the end of its natural life unfortunately. Ours have similar problems, which is about 40-50 years old. It's not surprising when you think how many times its been tightly clipped over the years. We've got quite a long hedge so it's going to be such a pain to rip it out and replant, I keep putting it off. I do find a good scattering of chicken manure pellets helps a bit. On the bright side, it's the yellow variety which I really hate, so next time I could opt for a yew one perhaps which doesn't need so much clipping.
Our common green privet hedges are also around the 100 years old - perhaps more. Some have succumbed to honey fungus, other parts are hanging on but more dead than alive. We tried replacing a section with escallonia hedging but that only survived for 20 years before falling victim to disease (not honey fungus) and gradually died off. No wonder people plant leylandi trees they are quick growing, robust and seem to be fairly resistant to disease.
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Thanks for the replies. I have lived in the area and the hedges were well established when I came....I will take some photos tomorrow - weather dependent. The first hedge started to lose its leaves last summer and gradually more and more of this hedge has become defoliated - definitely 10m now dead. The next garden over is again losing sections in the midlle of what was a healthy hedge - we wait to see if it rejunvenates but I can't see any sign of buds/growth.
Oops...I have lived in the area 20 years!
got rid of old hedge the variety was" Smaragd" replaced the soil and replanted a new hedge of privets. bare rooted.used root grow gel plus bonemeal,used weed suppressing fabric. Lightly clipped the following year and mulched with manure from a local supplier I have used for years.fed with q4 pellets watered well and weeded,last year I used tree bark and chipping as a mulch.this year, loads of grey toadstools/mushrooms? appeared and a few months on and the leaves turned yellow and the privets dropped loads of leaves whilst at the same time loads of flowers appeared almost everywhere also some of the leaves curled. I put some maxi crop foliage feed on and around the roots,and watered etc as we had an unexpected dry spell. my plants are now 4 years old (i used a staggered alternate growing pattern initially and was impressed with their growth and colour until approx 2 months ago.I'm retired now and after all the effort and the advice I have been given and taken.I am devastated with my efforts.any advice gratefully appreciated in advance.ps also put two ton of well rotted and dry farmyard manure as another mulch last week.
My very old privet hedge started showing signs of die back last summer and adjoining sections have produced less growth this year with leaves mottled reddish. My neighbour had an ornamental cherry which died (honey fungus?) close to the hedge. The hedge screens us from a busy road so needs to be replaced if the die-back continues so what would be suitable, preferably evergreen, quick growing to 5ft 6" tall (not leylandii) please?
We have golden privits that are 4 yrs old or so.we also planted burning bushes. They are lush and green my privits have only a small amount of green grown near the bottom. Then a few branches have green leaves. Is this winter burn or got frozen tips? Is this normal do I need to cut all the way down. It seems like the branches are not dead just nothing....or does this bush just take time ? We live in Nebraska...
Bronze leaves are not an issue as such - they can often turn that colour in cold weather, and they do drop leaves so those would turn yellow first.
If you have some photos, that would really help with further advice and suggestions. It's hard to make a useful prediction about the problem without all the facts.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
It's not surprising when you think how many times its been tightly clipped over the years. We've got quite a long hedge so it's going to be such a pain to rip it out and replant, I keep putting it off. I do find a good scattering of chicken manure pellets helps a bit. On the bright side, it's the yellow variety which I really hate, so next time I could opt for a yew one perhaps which doesn't need so much clipping.