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Jeff Layman wrote:
On 28/04/2013 08:57, Dave West wrote:
Outside our garden fence is a Viburnam Tinus shrub about six feet high.

It has recently had a 7cm wide strip of bark bark neatly removed all the way
around the stem about six centimetres from the ground.

I'm guessing that it will now die and nothing can be done to save it?

In the ground where its planted there are squirrels and foxes running
around. Are these the most likely culprits?

Do you have deer in your area? Roe and muntjac deer eat bark. For
example, see "Diet" he
http://www.new-forest-national-park....fact-file.html

He did say 6 cm off the ground - damn small deer :-)

could be a teenage deer, eating while lying down on the bed. But my bet
is still on the careless strimmer.

Janet