Will Mutilated Hedges Grow Back?.

2 nights ago(around 4AM), a lost and apparently very intoxicated driver missed the turn and completely destroyed 3-6 foot bushes...and my bird bath(lol, it was concrete!). These bushes are now about a foot tall and almost completely devoid of leaves.

Will they eventually grow back, or should I replace them?.

TY

Peace!

Dont want to sound evasive but it depends what kind of plants they are. Do you know what kind of hedge it is? I can give you better info if you let me know.

I think they should come back.
A heavy pruning of sorts I suppose.

dannyboy602 said:

Dont want to sound evasive but it depends what kind of plants they are. Do you know what kind of hedge it is? I can give you better info if you let me know.

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They were planted before I bought the house, so have not a clue on the strain of bush...

I can take a few pics if it would help.

they will most likely grow back , as long as they werent uprooted and ripped up

if privet hedge, it should.

Pictures are defo neccessary, lots of different kind of hedge

Sunbiz1 said:

They were planted before I bought the house, so have not a clue on the strain of bush...

I can take a few pics if it would help.

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Yes please. As an example...an Arborvitae hedge probably will not ever look the same. A boxwood hedge which grows an inch a year won't either. Nor will a big old yew. But Privet (good example Sunni) will come back in a few years.

dannyboy602 said:

Yes please. As an example...an Arborvitae hedge probably will not ever look the same. A boxwood hedge which grows an inch a year won't either. Nor will a big old yew. But Privet (good example Sunni) will come back in a few years.

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Site isn't allowing me to upload the pic I just took, will try again later.

Ah, much better now.

The driver needs to make restitution. or was it hit and run? I Hate drunk drivers!!!!!!!!!!!!

slowandsteady said:

The driver needs to make restitution. or was it hit and run? I Hate drunk drivers!!!!!!!!!!!!

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See that goofy paved circle in the backround?. I'm having the city modify it for starters, b/c any drunk on that street won't wake-up until he hits something.

Even those cement zip strips they use for highway shoulder safety would help.

looks like a Wisconsin round about, hate those things

privet. Give it some nitrogen and some time and it will come back in a few years.

dannyboy602 said:

privet. Give it some nitrogen and some time and it will come back in a few years.

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Just looked them up:

"Privet is a successful invasive species because of its ability to outcompete and therefore displace native vegetation"

They'll be fine, I shall feed with Epsoma plant-tone.

so you never said. Did they get the guy?

slowandsteady said:

so you never said. Did they get the guy?

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Of course not, happened at 4AM while the police were asleep at the wheel.

they will grow back. fertilize to speed the process up. GL

Sunbiz1 said:

See that goofy paved circle in the backround?. I'm having the city modify it for starters, b/c any drunk on that street won't wake-up until he hits something.

Even those cement zip strips they use for highway shoulder safety would help.

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they have tons of those retarded things in italy.. my state used to be the capitol of circles, but the last few years they've been slowly removing them one by one, not really popular around here in housing areas though..

racerboy71 said:

they have tons of those retarded things in italy.. my state used to be the capitol of circles, but the last few years they've been slowly removing them one by one, not really popular around here in housing areas though..

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That's what the police said when I made the report, please remove this crappy circle so our fire trucks and snowplows can work through.