Clueless about hedges!

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tommac84 Rising Fawn, GA Mar 01, 2008

I have 5 hedge plants in the front of my house between it and the walkway. I've never had to take care of them, and since I moved into my house, I've discovered that they were probably allowed to grow too quickly because they had open sides...especially when I trimmed them back waaayy too much! (Clueless, remember?) Since then, I've been trying to get them to grow, but they're very slow to recover and the freeze last April really seemed to whack them too.

Should I just give up on these and perhaps try again? How hard is it to get your typical hedge plant (about 4-5 ft high) out of the ground? Is there a way I can recover the existing hedge plants?

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ecrane3 Dublin, CA(Zone 9a) Mar 01, 2008

What type of plants are they? And can you post a picture of them? It's always hard to dig up large established shrubs so if yours are saveable then it may be easier to try and save the ones you have, but without knowing what they are or seeing a picture it's very hard to say whether there's hope for the existing plants or if it's time to start over.

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NatureLover1950 Vicksburg, MS(Zone 8a) Mar 02, 2008

If you decide you can't save your existing hedges you could use the method hubby and I have used over the years to remove unwanted small trees or standard size shrubs. Wait until you've had enough rain to moderately soften the soil (you don't want it soaking wet). Hook a winch up around the base of the shrub and gently ease it out (you may need to prune some of the tops off to make it easier to tie the winch around the base). You will need some soil to refill the holes left. You shouldn't have any problem putting new shrubs in right after you remove the old ones.

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