Identifying plants & how to look after them

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Sarahspangles said:

Kildare

Thanks! With the hedge it curves around the house so that section is due south and lots of sun whilst part of it is west facing. Hopefully it should grow back in. It’s so fast growing and I have to keep it back off the public path, it’s still very bushy but I don’t want to cut it so hard that it’s either bald or it doesn’t recover!

Eleagnus doesn’t bounce back from a hard prune as readily as something like privet, so see how it goes. But generally it’s a good idea to taper hedges, or they tend to bush out at the top and the lower parts then die back.  

@Kildare,  You might like to put some compost around the base of the plant that is getting bald, and give a feed. I use Liquid Miracle Grow for feeding and compost mulch for plants that are a bit strained. Give a regular watering weekly ... hopefully it will come back.