Bay tree 90% dead 10% alive help please!

[not for sale sorry]

Ok guys any help will be great please as I am puzzled on this one.

The tree was alive last year and since winter it has not come back, there is fresh growth in 3 places of the tree and some epicomic growth at the base of the tree that is in full leaf. My question is will the tree die off, or will it come back? They don't want a full removal so I suggested a pollard, what do you guys and girls think please?

[chainsawdom]

same here mate got four in my garden in pots most of the leaves are brown and crispy put there is a little bit of new growth coming threw also the bark is all spliiting all the way down the stem spoke to local garden centre and they had the same problem said its down to the harsh winter they just told me to keep waterering regular and it should pull threw and not to cut any daed bits off.

[Andy Collins]

If they're in pots, get hold of some bubble-wrap and line the pots to protect the roots from excesses of temperature. I suspect the Bay will recover, albeit slowly.

[not for sale sorry]

yer but this is not in a pot its about 25ft high and there are 6 trunks about 2ft wide at the bottom. any one ??

[plippy]

yer but this is not in a pot its about 25ft high and there are 6 trunks about 2ft wide at the bottom. any one ??

 

100% reduction:biggrin:

[Paul Jenks]

Coppice and see what happens. The bits that are dead are dead. Sounds like the roots are ok. There are hundreds of dead ones around here, Oxfordshire, along with eucalyptus, cordyline and pittosporum. Some that will struggle through though. Another hard winter might see a few more off.

[likeitorlumpit]

Chop it but don't dig it