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By Hank

Cheshire, United Kingdom Gb

I have 2 circular bushes in my front garden, one is fine but the other is not so good. From the front and sides the bush is fine but from the rear view it appears to be dying. Is there anything I can do to save it or does it have to go ? I've tried to show the front and rear views.



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Conifers that have reached that stage don't normally green up again Hank. The only thing I can think of that might work is to let the sides grow up taller and train them over the top but the bush would then be bigger and it might not be very successful anyway. Whether its worth trying depends on how much you want to save the shrub..

7 Mar, 2017

 

Thanks Sue, I'll try what you suggest.

7 Mar, 2017

 

That's the one that was infested with ivy last fall, isn't it? I would snip away all the dead twigs, so plenty of light can reach the interior. Then I would feed it gently with Grow More, or something similar--we use cottonseed meal, here--and pluck the growing tips out of all the new "fronds" that I see. Then I would hose off the top once a week for the next month, while looking for new sprouts. It may still take another year or two before it fills in entirely.

8 Mar, 2017

 

Wow Tug, do you think that will work? I really hope it does.
I've never seen one recover from that point.

8 Mar, 2017

 

Might as well go for it Tug, thanks.

8 Mar, 2017

 

Bonsai artists continually bless the ability of members of the cypress family for limited stump sprouting. The main requirements are light, and adequate nutrition. I just recently re-worked a juniper bonsai at work. It must have thought that it had gotten drunk and joined the Marines! New shoots are already appearing, and I'll have to rub off the ones that will obscure the shape.

9 Mar, 2017

 

Tug,
Have started the job and done as you suggested. I have a large bag full of fish, blood and bone - or must it be growmore as you suggested !

9 Mar, 2017

 

Fish, blood and bone should work--anything slow acting and with nitrogen, in moderation. Growmore was the only thing common to the UK that I could think of quickly! Here in Arizona, we use cottonseed meal, but that is probably hard to come by, there.

10 Mar, 2017

 

Thanks, going out right now to do it.

10 Mar, 2017

How do I say thanks?

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