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john of wessex



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PostPosted: Sat Feb 14, 09 6:35 pm    Post subject: Leylandii Reply with quote
    

At the bottom of my garden is, in effect a very overgrown leylandii or leylandii type hedge - some of the trees are now about 25 feet high.

While I have various issues over it, what does concern me is that a number of the trees have only very limited leaf cover, mostly towards the top.

Should I be concerned about the health of these trees?

Bluedog



Joined: 06 Jan 2009
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Location: Dartmoor
PostPosted: Sat Feb 14, 09 7:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

How do you mean?


Is it dying back?

oldish chris



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PostPosted: Sat Feb 14, 09 9:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Its the way they grow. Any branch that doesn't get enough light to earn its keep will be made redundant.

Leylandii do not regenerate from brown wood.

25ft is very short. They have a lot of growing to do.

If they are healthy (and they probably are) then I would be very concerned.

Nicky cigreen



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Location: Devon, uk
PostPosted: Sat Feb 14, 09 11:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

are they your trees? if so.. cut em down....

our neighbours have some.. they are about 80=-90 ft tall. every now and then on falls onto our land. ....

robin wood



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PostPosted: Sun Feb 15, 09 9:11 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

As said above, if you try to top them or reduce them in any way they will just look dead and brown and not regenerate in the way that a hardwood tree does, so you have to decide do you want a row of 100 foot trees there? They are now just getting well established and probably going at about 18" a year. Tree surgeons, love them, they will never go out of business so long as people keep planting leylandii.

Jb



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PostPosted: Sun Feb 15, 09 9:23 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

oldish chris wrote:
Leylandii do not regenerate from brown wood.


All firs can regenerate from brown wood but are reluctant to do so. Cut them back and if they don't regenerate then replace them with something real and slower growing.

Treacodactyl
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PostPosted: Sun Feb 15, 09 9:25 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

It does sound like the bottom branches are simply dying off naturally as the plants have been left to grow into trees rather than trimmed to keep them as a hedge.

If it's not that there has been some diseases that have started killing them off, this might be worth a look: https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profiles0301/cypress_aphid.asp

john of wessex



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PostPosted: Sun Feb 15, 09 1:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

They arent my trees - thats the problem............


And the 'anti hedge' legislation doesnt seem to apply to them


Bluedog



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PostPosted: Sun Feb 15, 09 2:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

If you want Lleylandii to remain tight and uniform you have to keep them well topped out, and cutting them back to each years green growth will help with that.

Hairyloon



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PostPosted: Sun Feb 15, 09 10:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Leylandii are a hybrid created in the 60s.
Both parent species are capable of hitting 150'.
The oldest Leylandii are less than 50 years old, so nobody knows for certain how tall they can get...

They do make great hedges provided that you keep them trimmed regularly (2-3 times per year minimum).

snozzer



Joined: 19 Oct 2006
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 16, 09 8:58 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Leylandii like any hedge have to have the correct shape to stop the thinning bottom problem. The shape you need is a pyramid i.e. wider at the base than the top, if you keep leylandii trimmed to this shape and take the tops of they make excellent hedges, a real haven for nesting birds and a warm roost in the winter. The problem is when people let them get out of hand.

I have seen really tall ones regenerated by cutting down to 6-8ft tall, the trick is to add a good fertilizer around the roots about now and then top them off at the desired height. As the spring comes and the sap rises with warmer temperatures and longer days they can often regenerate. However, they also may never recover and you end up with a row of posts...

shaunb



Joined: 12 Sep 2008
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Location: Ruthin, Wales
PostPosted: Tue Feb 17, 09 12:24 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Kill the leylandii by poisoning them, use a glyphosate product.

john of wessex



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PostPosted: Sat Apr 25, 09 9:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Anyone got any live Cypress Aphid I can have??

Hairyloon



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PostPosted: Sun Apr 26, 09 1:10 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Hairyloon wrote:
Leylandii are a hybrid created in the 60s.

Actually that's not true. They were actually discovered in the late 19th Century.
Quote:
Both parent species are capable of hitting 150'.
<snip> nobody knows for certain how tall they can get...

That bit is true. The tallest known specimines are in Kew and still growing at 130'

Blue Sky



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PostPosted: Sun Apr 26, 09 4:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Hairyloon wrote:
Hairyloon wrote:
Leylandii are a hybrid created in the 60s.

Actually that's not true. They were actually discovered in the late 19th Century.
Quote:
Both parent species are capable of hitting 150'.
<snip> nobody knows for certain how tall they can get...

That bit is true. The tallest known specimines are in Kew and still growing at 130'


Are you arguing with yourself?

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