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No green leaves on copper beech hedge

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  • 22-04-2021 9:48pm
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    hole in my lovelywall
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    My copper beech hasn’t sprouted green leaves yet. And my cherry blossom didn’t flower this year.
    What are the chances they’re dead?
    My neighbours copper beech is fully green.


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    magicbastarder
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    my beech has barely just started to break bud; this would be early, generally, for beech to come into leaf i reckon.

    have the buds started to elongate yet?


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    Jim_Hodge
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    Far too early here for our beech hedge. It's just now thinking about it and dropping the old leaves from last year.


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    #4
    hole in my lovelywall
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    Thanks for the replies. Am relieved to read them!
    magicbastarder wrote: »
    have the buds started to elongate yet?
    Just checked, and they have thankfully.
    I shouldn’t compare with next door.

    I wish I’d planted something evergreen!


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    have2flushtwice
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    can you cut a beech hedge or a laurel hedge at the moment?


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    Harry Palmr
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    You'd cut all the new buds off the Beech!


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    Jim_Hodge
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    have2flushtwice wrote: »
    can you cut a beech hedge or a laurel hedge at the moment?

    Laurel in late spring or early summer. Beech not until late summer.


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    Dr4gul4
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    Harry Palmr wrote: »
    You'd cut all the new buds off the Beech!

    Been toying with the idea of clipping mine, bare root planted in early march. might leave it at this stage tho..


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    #9
    hole in my lovelywall
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    I should’ve been more patient.
    A lot of green has appeared this week.

    My cherry blossom never flowered though.


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