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Hedge fire damage

Posted by James Wells on May 31, 2011 at 10:08pm

Hello. I signed up a few weeks ago and have been  a long time reader of the posts. Great advice and helped me loads. Thanks.

i did not want my first post to be on a topic that had been around a few times before,so this was the first thing that I thought might be worth asking about.

Yesterday, someone set fire to a leylandii hedge that I look after. 

 

The outside of the hedge is badly damaged across 4 trees. 2 More so, very burnt on the outside from bottom to top, the other 2, just high up. The inside however all looks ok and has a good screen.

 

What are my best options to make it look ok in a few years?

The hedge is approx 15ft high, if I cut back all the damaged wood, mainly on the outside, will the good growth work its way from the inside back out again, or should I remove them compleley and plant new ones?

Any tips would be appreciated.

 

wes

 

 

 

 

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  • Rose Lennard May 31, 2011 at 10:33pm

    Hi Wes, welcome to the site! Leylandii never grows back from old wood which is one of the reasons why it's a rubbish hedge! (Thuja plicata will grow back from old wood so is a better choice if starting from scratch). I don't think you'll be able to persuade growth from the good side to form a cover on the damaged area. I'd either remove completely and replant - you'll need to get a lot of the root out, and the new plants will need to have lots of light and water if they are going to be able to compete with the old. Or, if the damaged side is somewhere where the appearance is less important, it might work to grow an evergreen climber eg Ivy over the damaged section - just a thought.

    www.chameleongardens.co.uk

  • Gareth June 1, 2011 at 6:50am
    I was told of this happening, and the hedge was pointed out to me -  a leylandii hedge badly cut back to the bare one side did become fully covered in leaf again by the good side spreading back through to the dead side. It was a big old unkempt hedge though so its difficult to imagine  a better maintained hedge being able to do this "tidily"? But it can happen.
  • James Wells June 1, 2011 at 7:47pm
    Thanks for the replies, I have just emailed a quote for replacing them. I have taken a few of these hedges out before, so reckon I can get most of the root out by leaving about 6 ft of trunk, then dig, use an axe, fill with water etc.. then lever it out. Sounds easy, lets see!
  • Lawncare-4u.co.uk June 1, 2011 at 8:56pm

    not sure without seeing it,  but i have a quote to do at a farm on friday where a hawthorne hedge has been set on fire by bales/ arson ?

     

    robin

     

    www.gardens4u.co.uk

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