Looking for advice on what to do to this plant/"tree"

Hi All,

Since I moved into this house this lovely "tree" was - straight - and looks quite nice looking from the front..


But throughout the years and I guess with the help of the wind it keeps leaning more and more.


I am now always worried that one of these days it will go and brake in half
What would you advise I could do here please?

 

Looks like a buddleia and these are subject to getting blown over by strong winds as you can see in this video I posted a couple of years back. They can be chopped back fairly severely and will grow back again. I did this with most of mine last autumn and although the stumps seemed dead for a while fresh growth has sprouted up on them and most are blooming and back to a similar height to what they were before I cut them down severely. For some reason some of them decided to grow from underground and not bothered with the stump I left so you might end up with more of a multi-stemmed shrub than a tree when it grows back but it is probably better than letting it fall over on its own which might do more damage.

Happy gardening!

 

We cut all ours back severely every year and they always grow back to a good size. Have no fears the space will get refilled for the following summer display.

 

I agree with the above comments, cut it right back and it will regrow into a better shape.

 

oh I see, thanks for the swift replies. now over to convince the wife to do that

 

Well it's either that or the tree will fall down and probably bring the fence with it. I can't see what else is going to happen.

 

Unfortunately this happens quite often. When a tree or large shrub is being planted, note should be taken of it's eventual height and spread, including root spread if possible. It's much to close to the fence.