Re: Cedar Hedge is Dying Please Help! I have just joined after a search on google for damage to Pyramid Cedar hedges The wind storms of the last 2 months have left our Pyramid cedar hedge in an awful state. The hedge (162 trees) is 17 years old and 10 to 12 feet high. It is trimmed professionally every year both top and sides. It is the sides that are giving us the problem now. The storms have battered the hedge and large side branches are hanging down. We try to push them back but the winds(if strong) break them away from the main hedge again. Please can anyone advise on what we should do. Should we have a foot trimmed of the top this year but none off the sides would this be a solution to help the hedge get stronger again? All help welcome, thanks
consider using vine tying tape (the green stretchy stuff) to restrain the branches somewhat. be wary of girdling the stems, arbortie has a special knot you can use, it looks like a running bowline. when trimming the hedges, round the 'shoulders" so that it sheds snow, better than a flat top
Unnatural habit of columnar forms like 'Fastigiata' (syn. 'Pyramidalis') eastern arborvitae makes them prone to damage from snow. After that snowfall earlier many fastigiate conifers are splayed open. Whenever such are planted difficulties with them falling open are a strong possibility, although certainly not guaranteed.
