Pest and diseases can play a part in a patchy privet ... the vigour of a hedge - Alamy The severe end of the scale, which I hope isn’t the case, might be honey fungus. There is very little ...

To the untrained eye, and that’s most of us, there are other toadstools with a similar look about ... many hedge plants are susceptible to honey fungus, notably privet but also most hedging ...

To the untrained eye, and that’s most of us, there are other toadstools with a similar look about ... many hedge plants are susceptible to honey fungus, notably privet but also most hedging ...

Parts of my privet hedge have ... might be honey fungus. There is very little that can be done if you have honey fungus, apart from the removal of the hedge. If this is the cause of the problem ...

The privet hedge that separates me from my neighbours has started to die. I have also recently seen orangey brown toadstools at the base of one of the plants, on various much-loved trees and ...

To identify honey fungus, look for white growths under the bark, bootlace-like threads in the soil ... peonies, pine, plum, privet, raspberry, rhododendron, rose, viburnum, walnut, wellingtonia, ...

The privet hedge, a symbol of suburban Britain found ... has helped draw up the emergency plan to tackle the deadly fungus, known as Chalara fraxinea. He confirmed that the popular common ...

Privet. The word is virtually synonymous with hedges and ... but the bumps look like tumors. Is there anything we can do to stop it and protect the other trees from getting it?

By Louise Gray and Louisegray 11 November 2012 • 11:00pm The privet hedge, found in millions of ... "They may be carrying the fungus without being harmed, but when their leaves fall off they ...