Anyone else experiencing as lot of frost damage to large bay trees )i.e.
30 foot mature trees)
Any ideas about actions to take? Looks like there just might be some new
growth starting on some branches but generally tree looks very affected
with dark green/brown leaves etc. Not sure what to suggest to the owner
as i don't have any experience of such large trees but looking around
the district there are quite a few full sized bay trees that have been
similarly affected.

Janet
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Janet Tweedy
Amersham Gardening Association
http://www.amersham-gardening.net

"Janet Tweedy" wrote ...

Anyone else experiencing as lot of frost damage to large bay trees )i.e.
30 foot mature trees)
Any ideas about actions to take? Looks like there just might be some new
growth starting on some branches but generally tree looks very affected
with dark green/brown leaves etc. Not sure what to suggest to the owner
as i don't have any experience of such large trees but looking around
the district there are quite a few full sized bay trees that have been
similarly affected.
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My suggestion would be to do nothing until later in the year when dead
branches will become obvious, at the moment they may still be dormant
especially if hit badly by the cold. Later in the summer, when it is
obvious, pruning and tidying up can take place, even the total reshaping of
the tree may be needed.
Unfortunately it does mean the tree will look unsightly for some months with
brown withered leaves (freeze dried Bay leaves) and if the people concerned
can't stand that then it's their decision. It was their decision to plant a
marginally hardy tree in the first place so they have to live with it or
otherwise.

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Regards
Bob Hobden
W.of London. UK

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Charlie Pridham wrote:
"Janet Tweedy" wrote in message
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Anyone else experiencing as lot of frost damage to large bay trees )i.e.
30 foot mature trees)
Any ideas about actions to take? Looks like there just might be some new
growth starting on some branches but generally tree looks very affected
with dark green/brown leaves etc. Not sure what to suggest to the owner as
i don't have any experience of such large trees but looking around the
district there are quite a few full sized bay trees that have been
similarly affected.

Wait and do nothing, chances are nearly all of it will regrow, anything
unsightly can be removed in late summer

And, if it doesn't, cut it down and use it as firewood or for
turning, and it will regrow from the roots.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

"Janet Tweedy" wrote in message
...
Anyone else experiencing as lot of frost damage to large bay trees )i.e.
30 foot mature trees)
Any ideas about actions to take? Looks like there just might be some new
growth starting on some branches but generally tree looks very affected
with dark green/brown leaves etc. Not sure what to suggest to the owner as
i don't have any experience of such large trees but looking around the
district there are quite a few full sized bay trees that have been
similarly affected.

Janet
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Janet Tweedy
Amersham Gardening Association
http://www.amersham-gardening.net

Wait and do nothing, chances are nearly all of it will regrow, anything
unsightly can be removed in late summer


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Charlie, Gardening in Cornwall
Holders of National Collections of Clematis viticella
and Lapageria rosea cvs
http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk

On Mar 16, 11:19*pm, Janet Tweedy wrote:
Anyone else experiencing as lot of frost damage to large bay trees )i.e.
30 foot mature trees)
Any ideas about actions to take? Looks like there just might be some new
growth starting on some branches but generally tree looks very affected
with dark green/brown leaves etc. Not sure what to suggest to the owner
as i don't have any experience of such large trees but looking around
the district there are quite a few full sized bay trees that have been
similarly affected.

Janet
--
Janet Tweedy
Amersham Gardening Associationhttp://www.amersham-gardening.net

As the others have implied, there is almost no chance of it being
damaged beyond recovery - just wait and see what the real damage is
and then take the opportunity to tidy up, prune and reshape to taste.

Rod

In article , Bob Hobden
writes
It was their decision to plant a marginally hardy tree in the first
place so they have to live with it or otherwise.

--
Regards
Bob Hobden
W.of London. UK


Actually it wasn't one reason why I am helping trying to sort out the
stuff that's been self sown or should have been controlled years ago and
the stuff that is precious and shouldn't be left to fend for itself
amongst ever widening boundaries! They just didn't know a hawthorn from
a Buddleia alternifolia so I am trying to get some order back and
exposing lovely plants that must have been wonderful 25 years ago!

Janet
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Janet Tweedy
Dalmatian Telegraph
http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk