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I have be been to seen a garden recently with a few hundred meters of yew hedgeing. some of is thrivin very but more is a yellowish brown colour and appears to be struggling and some of it has completely died. Now all the soil appears to be similar and dryish. I have no experience with yew hedging as it is not common planted round my way. Any advice would be great. Thanks
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I'm afraid I find this post a bit baffling. Can you give some more information?
Do you want to know why the hedge you saw looks the way it does or do you want to fix or maybe plant one of your own?
Where are you? Yew hedging is quite common in Britain and this is a British based forum with a few posters in Canada Europe, Oz, Russia, SA and USA so a wide range of experience, soils and climate.
"We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing." - George Bernard Shaw
Yew is a slow growing plant so can take a while to get established and you need to get top quality plants from the nursery to avoid losses, so it is not cheap. It's not that difficult but must never dry out. Be patient and you will have a fine hedge. This is a good time of year to plant them. Good luck. Ian
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It may well have been stressed. Last winter was very dry for many areas in Britain and northern Europe and some of us still haven't had any decent rain. Is that the case in your part of Ireland?
If so, a good soaking at the roots and maybe a scattering of bonemeal at the roots to help them over winter will sort out the problem. The RHS advice page on yews says they usually recover if the problem is stress - https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?PID=729
Are any other plants near the struggling sections also in trouble or just the yew?
"We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing." - George Bernard Shaw