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says...

This one at the side of a Public footpath has been dying over the last 5 or
so years. Slowly creeping along as you can see here. The hedge is about 8
feet high.

http://www.myalbum.com/Album-RWXEKB6...-of-Other.html

As you can see, nice and sunny here on the Isle of Wight this morning when I
took the photos, but a biting wind :-((

Mike


When privet dies in stages over several years the culprit is often Honey
Fungus, I find Privet a poor hedge plant as it often seems to die in
patches and needs cutting a lot as it grows very quickly,

Dig out a dead plant and look at the roots.
--
Charlie Pridham, Gardening in Cornwall
www.roselandhouse.co.uk
Holders of national collections of Clematis viticella cultivars and
Lapageria rosea