Badly Burn't Salix

Nor do I, but compensation or recognition would be good.

It was mean't to be a little Salix to go in a pot bought from Asda but it just kept on growing.

 

The damage looks fairly superficial, relative to the size of the bush so I am sure it will recover, eventually. There is plenty of foliage on it, on your garden side.
I wouldn't waste time or energy being upset with your non gardening neighbours, they will just laugh it off because in their minds they have repaired the damage, they probably think the whole incident one big laugh. The more you show how upset you feel, the funnier they will think it is.

 

Today I have bought a photinia and put it in a pot to try and screen the salix while I wait for a year to see if it will recover.

 

Update.

My salix has been recovering but in the last few months lots of the bark has started peeling off. I am concerned that it will not be able to cope in winter without it.
Any thoughts please?

 

Your tree looks very poorly I am afraid. It will not be able to survive for long, regardless of the time of year, with that amount of bark loss. I would begin thinking about a replacement.
However, as you are so fond of it, it would not hurt to leave the tree for a full 12 months to see if there is any new regrowth. Then it would be a case of remove all damaged branches to reshape, plenty of water, a general light feed a couple of times during the next couple of years and see how it goes. White bark says dead. Good luck

 

Yes you have confirmed what I feared.
I have taken a few branches off that died but it has been growing nicely on top so I remain a little hopeful.
To take it out it will cost me money I can't afford, my neighbours never did reimburse me for any of the plants lost, still makes me so cross.

 

Willow is very easy from cuttings, just cut a few stems, strip the leaves and put in a sheltered position in the garden, it should root overwinter and grow away fast next year.

 

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sorry to read your post . At least here you can have your say and we will be on your side .. b loody neighbours.

If me I would prune lightly and see what happens in the spring , I should imagine from the base it should re shoot


If we had a neighbour thread it would be very busy lol
Spruce

 

Willow can be coppiced, literally cut down to ground level, and still recover.

I would cut the damaged branches down to where the bark damage ends and it will most likely just sprout back up, you can see it doing so already on the remaining living bark. Best time is late winter.

 

They're really quite hard to kill unless the conditions don't suit them. As it's recovering, it suggests that factor is fine, so I'd cut back hard, but I agree with @Adam I about leaving it until late winter/spring.
Neighbours can be a real PITA can't they?

 

Yes indeed, they make me feel very vulnerable as there is four of them and only one of me. Their garden is an out and out disgrace yet last year they asked me to move a hanging basket as they said it was dropping leaves into their front garden. Try explaining to an idiot what an evergreen is, I can assure you its a fool's errand .

 

That's very unpleasant for you @Friendly, re those neighbours, as well as bl**dy infuriating.

Being on your own makes everything much harder to deal with, and they probably know that. Fear of reprisals etc.