Topiary Trees, can these be saved

[pauarmst]

Hi, Wondering if anyone can advise what to do. It looks like my trees are dying off however there appears to be some bits of green coming through in areas. Are these able to be saved? I have bought a box of Growmore and put some around the base of the trees. Any help would be much appreciated

 

[DiggersJo]

I mentioned this elsewhere, and in particular my neighbour opposite has several of these "bushes" and I thought her gardener had pruned them incorrectly/wrong time, but now suspect this is at least in part (if not all) due to the lack of rain here.

 

[pauarmst]

I mentioned this elsewhere, and in particular my neighbour opposite has several of these "bushes" and I thought her gardener had pruned them incorrectly/wrong time, but now suspect this is at least in part (if not all) due to the lack of rain here.

These are up in Scotland. We have plenty of rain over the winter and I noticed this around March April time. I thought they might have had too much water over winter and it's harmed them

 

[DiggersJo]

Yeah I still have a collection of brollies from working in Glasgow! It's quite correctly called "rain-town" , but in general the UK has been getting drier weather with a combination of lack of rain and strong drying winds. Not saying it could not be too much water as it could be that and a lack of water at different times. I'm assuming those containers have drainage?

 

[Esther Knapicius]

Heavy rain, time to pick up sticks, limbs etc. dragging to burn pile.

 

[cpp gardener]

You can cut out any parts that are brown. They are dead and won't grow back. This will leave space with light that will encourage new growth to fill in.