Golf Cart Damage to Leyland Cypress: Will Survive, Spray for Borers

Assessment

12" bark scrape at base on 6–7 ft tree. Not girdled, not broken. Will heal fine.

Spray wound area with borer insecticide (ask nursery) to prevent insect entry while bark regenerates.

Conifers: Cypress Canker on Italian Cypress: Diagnosis and Management; Cypress Canker on Italian Cypress: Identification and Management; Transplanting a 6-Foot Leyland Cypress in May: Virginia Guidelines; Sudden Leyland Cypress Death: Seiridium Canker Diagnosis; Broken Top on Young Italian Cypress: Will It Regrow?; Cypress Tree in Greek: Kuparissos (Κυπαρίσσος); Bald Cypress Knees in Yard: Cut Them, They'll Return If Soil Stays Wet; Uprooted Leyland Cypress in Snow: Can It Be Saved?; Transplanting a 7-Foot Leyland Cypress Away from House: Fall Timing, No Fertilizer First Year; Neighbor's Cypress Roots Damaging Driveway and Foundation

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