By Davej
United Kingdom 
we have a bay tree about 4ft tall the severe winter has killed some of the top leaves but there are about 10-15 new shoots about 6ins in length coming from around the base of the tree.is it best to prune the tree right back or take cuttings and hope for the best
2 Jun, 2011
Answers
thanks for your advise i will try that.when is the best time to cut it back
4 Jun, 2011
Remove all dead growth now - no point in keeping it on the plant, it's not serving any useful purpose.
4 Jun, 2011
ok thanks
4 Jun, 2011
If you cut it back it will continue to grow from the roots - if there's anything alive higher up, just cut back to that, it'll still grow from the roots anyway now its started.
3 Jun, 2011