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Hedge is Dying
ronanlaw
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I have a hedge in my front garden that I planted last year and just in the last 2 weeks about half of them seem to be dying. I don't even know the name of the hedge to search for an answer. Anyone have any ideas? Am I over watering or not watering enough? 
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Looks like a form of euonymous to me.
Can't advise about watering till you tell us how much and how often your are doing it. Also need to know where you are and which way the hedge faces for sun and wind exposure.
As Obelixx says, we need more info.
Also, is there a membrane under that gravel?
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Hi Obelixx, Thank you for the reply. At the moment with it being summer I have been giving them a good watering once a week with miracle grow. I am based in Citywest Dublin 24. The hedge is planted inside the front wall of the house so sheltered from wind. It would be facing the east so gets some sun in the evenings but not a lot during the daytime.
No membrane under the gravel. Just soil. When I planted them last year I just mixed loads of compost with the existing soil.
Woah! That's far too much fertiliser - the poor plants are still trying to get their roots established - it's the equivalent of giving a baby a three course gourmet meal plus wine and brandy!
I wouldn't have given them any feed yet - when it's well established a sprinkling of Fish, Blood and Bone twice a year (spring and early summer) would be all I'd give them.
It's hard to tell whether you've over-watered them - stick your finger in the soil up to the first knuckle. Is the soil dry or wet? They only need watering when the soil an inch below the surface is dry.
I'm a bit confused re the direction of the sunlight - I had no idea that the sun sets in the East in Dublin - don't think it did when we visited
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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
hmmm maybe even north not east haha
OK i'll stop with the feed and leave them for a few weeks and see if they will come back at all. Odd that only half of them seem to be dying.
Last edited: 21 July 2016 14:00:42