Last spring our poor bay tree was looking very much the worse for wear, but struggled manfully and pulled through. A second hard winter of substantially sub-zero temperatures delivered the coup de grâce and there's no hope, despite the saying that a tree's only dead when it's been dead for a year. When the main branches have split as badly as this
there's only one thing to do.
It had to come down. It had got some mighty roots (which we were fascinated to discover smell like sandalwood, not bay), but it eventually gave up the struggle. I've planted our pot-bound plum tree in its place; it looks rather puny but with luck it'll feel happier there and might even have proper-sized fruit. 
Friday, March 25, 2011
Cut not its earth-bound ties
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Should make for nice smelling logs on your fire then!
Oh dear! Our bay had turned itself into a vigorous hedge by the time we arrived. Then the builder went and chopped it down when he was clearing the land. I couldn't stop him for reasons I won't go into here, but I was saddened. Then a mighty wind came along, a tempest no less, and the reason why the bay hedge had been planted became obvious: it was to act as a wind break and protect the front gate entrance from funnelling the wind into the Courtyard. And so the bay was given a second chance, and is growing back with much energy. So our bay bush was nearly as dead as yours was, but now isn't! Hope your pot bound cherry become unbounded and romps away for you this year.
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