Burnt tree will it re grow?

Hi all, our bin was set alight last night and the trees have all caught fire...

just trying to work out what to take out and wondered if anyone knew if a burnt tree will regrow its leaves or not??

there are many small trees which we will just remove, but there is one huge one that is at least 40ft tall...and a mammoth job to remove.....

 

Looks like Leylandii? If so they don't regrow from the "trunk", although looking at the picture they may grow to fill the gap (i.e. fill-out sideways)

 

If it is Leylandii, you are very lucky not to have had a much bigger fire. If you get enough prolonged heat to dry it, it burns like crazy. We had Leylandii in my last garden, and I used to put the clippings in the incinerator bin. A few times if I wasn't paying proper attention while adding bits in, I'd nearly loose my eyebrows.

I presume this was vandals/arsonists that lit the fire? It would be a good idea to keep anything that is easy to light well away from your Leylandii, especially as we head into summer when everything is warmer and drier, and much easy to put flame to.

 

Hello L Plate Gardener.
I'm just shocked that anyone would set your bins and trees alight. What are those head cases about

As for your trees, I think it depends what kind they are as to whether they will regrow.
Even if they don't regrow they might thicken up and knit enough to be useful.
I wouldn't rush to have them out. I'd give them a few months and see what happens.

 

[size=large]Sometimes ago I read that in a UK coastal area they vandalised some big trees because they were obstructing the view to the sea![/size]

 

hi all and thanks for your replies!

have had the "tree man" out and he has told us they all need to go really, so they will all be out on friday! its going to look very strange and open!!

and yes we guess it was vandals/yobs! as it was bin day and the bin was out ready for the easrly morning collection!

 

If they are, indeed, Leylandii then that's no bad thing - its a thug of a plant.

Do you need a "screen" there to hide something, or block sound / road-noise? If not you might consider something like a flowering Cherry as a replacement ... well, there are lots of choices of course

 

I know it seems futile, but if you haven't already done so, you should report the incident to the coppers. They may already have some suspects for other such crimes, and even if they don't, they might do someone else's, and then your report will show it to be a recurring problem rather than a one-off incident, which the coppers will take more seriously.

Like I said before, if it had been a bit later in the year, when everything is warmer and drier, it could have been much more serious. Leylandii burns like crazy.

 

thank you yes we have reported it, (needed to anyway for insurance purposes as our two cars got damaged ) the police said that there has been a spate of thugs setting caravans alight in the next village but this is the first reported here, and yes thankfully they were damp!

 

I think you are right to take it out. It would regrow, I think, by the look of it, but it would have to "swallow" the gate to be a reasonable tree again. Apart from view/shade/neighbours issues, it doesn't look like a good place for a 40' Leylandii anyway. It is impossible to keep Leylandii under control for the average modern garden unless you cut it so often that it would look grotty anyway

 

P.S. Looks like the change of software has messed up my signature in the above! Now edited again

 

Hi Nick, there is a follow up thread:

http://gardenerscorner.co.uk/forum/fire-damage-project-t31984.html?t=31984