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Laurel leaves turning brown

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namechange2222 · 10/03/2018 09:23

I have well established laurel trees in my garden and at a guess they're about 8 ft and about ten years old. ( I've only hand pruned them over the years I've been here and they're very healthy looking until now)
I've just taken a closer look after our bad weather and the leaves are turning brown.
I've tried googling and none the wiser. Is this snow damage? Will the trees recover? It's not all the leaves but around a quarter I'd estimate
Panicking a bit here as there are about thirty trees which give me immense privacy and also the robins nest in them. To have them removed would cost a huge amount of money and leave the garden really bare

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Trethew · 10/03/2018 17:37

Don’t panic. I’d guess the leaves have been scorched by the exceptional recent freezing winds. Cut off the brown leaves if you can’t bear looking at them, or wait until new growth obscures them

Snugglepiggy · 10/03/2018 18:50

On Gardeners World Monty Don showed a bay tree with very brown,frost damaged leaves and said don't worry,just cut them off when the frosts have stopped and it will recover.I'm guessing Laurel, as the same species ,will be the same.

namechange2222 · 10/03/2018 19:36

Thanks so so much. I've become quite weird to my next door neighbour about this so I'll do as suggested

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