hedge help

Hi just new to the forum and impressed with all the info on here, i am asking some info or advice on a hedge in our garden it is a castlewellen gold hedge about 6 feet high and 2.5 ft wide, it was cut a bit close on the bottom, to the result there is some browning.

what can i do to make it grow again

feed?
nutrient?

best reagards

 

If it's been cut too far back, it probably won't regrow from the brown (dead) wood. Sorry.

 

Hello Pgs and welcome.
I'm sorry to agree with Sussexgardener on this occasion but if your leylandi hedge has been cut into brown wood at the base it won't regrow from there.
Better to look on it as a opportunity for something else to grow at its base.
There's always a silver lining.

 

Its very dry at the base of conifers so dont be too adventurous. Lamiun is good, varegated ivy or vinca. water until established.

If you have room, plant suitable shrubs well in front of the hedge to cover the gaps but dont let them shade the live hedge.

What you can do is to encourage live shoots nearby to grow into those areas by tieing them in and if necessary using canes for support across bigger gaps. Labour of love but these hedges can look great

Keep the hedge well trimmed - 2,3 times a year to keep it managable (?)

 

many thanks to all who contributed to the thread, i thought it would grow back with manure would this work at all and trimming very lightly around the damaged area.

 

Nope, sorry. The problem with these conifers is once you cut into the brown wood, which is effectively dead, it won't grow back from it. Better to think about planting in front of them to hide the dead part, but as HBC says, not to close, as they block light and water from anything directly underneath them.

 

Hi all i have decided to plant a shrub or cover to cover the damaged parts, however its beside a coastal environment and i want something that will grow fairly close with the hedge as the damage is next to a footpath and i need something to be controlled and hardy.

any suggestions?
help much appreciated

 

escallonia, aucuba, laurel, viburnum tinus

but all depends on whether how much sunshine/shade the shrubs will get, height and spread available and location (south west. north east etc)

 

Hi the hedge is north facing, and the location is in northern ireland coastal, i will try the suggestions thanks for your help.