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Escallonia Hedging Problem

  • 01-09-2009 9:59am
    #1
    TimMcC
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23 ✭


    Hi
    I have an Escallonia hedge between myself and the house next door .
    Its was planted approx 12 years ago and developed into a great hedge
    of about 9 or 10 feet high and maybe 6 foot thick and very dense .
    In the last two years it hasn’t been doing too well . There are less
    leaves on it and its becoming see through . It also has gone very “woody” . The leaves also seem to have some sort of brown/rust type spots on them . The sided and top of the hedge have never been trimmed back on our side . Next door does trim the side of the hedge on his side but it doesn’t look any the better for it .
    Any suggestions , Should I trim it back hard and fertilize over the winter ?.
    Any help appreciated . Its about 200 feet long so don’t want to have to
    replace it if possible
    Thanks


Comments

  • #2
    hoochio
    Closed Accounts Posts: 60 ✭✭hoochio


    Many evergreen plants do this after a while as most growth occurs in the shoots of plants. For this reason hedges are usually cut once or twice a year thus promoting nice lush growth evenly throughout the hedge.That rust on the leaves is a fungal disease usually attacking plants with lack of vigour. A light trim now followed by a feed of Growmore next march should sort it out nicely a shot of liquid copper will sort the rust


  • #3
    TimMcC
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23 ✭TimMcC


    hoochio wrote: »
    Many evergreen plants do this after a while as most growth occurs in the shoots of plants. For this reason hedges are usually cut once or twice a year thus promoting nice lush growth evenly throughout the hedge.That rust on the leaves is a fungal disease usually attacking plants with lack of vigour. A light trim now followed by a feed of Growmore next march should sort it out nicely a shot of liquid copper will sort the rust


    Thanks for the information . I will try it out and hopfully it will recover next summer .


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