Pruning a Leyland

[David Beale]

Yes, the dreaded Leyland.

I have pruned my neglected Leyland hedge back about 8 inches. This has now
uncovered the botton half to be all brown, looking very unhealthy.

Will the hedge recover ?, is there anything I can do to help.

Thanks for any advice.

David Beale.

[lurker]

David Beale wrote in message ...

>Yes, the dreaded Leyland.
>
>I have pruned my neglected Leyland hedge back about 8 inches. This has now

>uncovered the bottom half to be all brown, looking very unhealthy.

>
>Will the hedge recover ?, is there anything I can do to help.

Judging by my own which had a similar prune I would suggest not, although I
personally believe the only good prune on a leylandii is with a chain saw at
the base of the trunk! ( Yes I do HATE them - even though I do have some
inherited ones!)

[Michael Berridge]

David Beale wrote in message ...

Once you have cut a Leylandii branch back beyond the green, it will not
regrow. It is one of the few trees that have no dormant buds to grow
when cut back, unlike privet etc. Basically there is nothing now that
can be done, except to remove it and try again with a more friendly
hedge.

Mike

[Barry Davis]

Try Eleagnus or beech or even Bamboo instead

Leylandi and all conifers die from ground up anyway ans are a constant
source of work and trouble

[Mike Crowe]

In article <3ad4d733$0$15023$cc9e...@news.dial.pipex.com>, Michael
Berridge <Michael....@ukgateway.net> writes

Anyone who knows the Isle of Wight and knows the huge greenhouses at
Hale Common, (Opposite the Fighting Cocks public House between Arreton
and Apse Heath) will be interested to know that the huge Leylandii trees
there have out grown themselves and the Nursery has now planted another
row between them and the wire netting fence to cover the gap where the
originals are thin.

Time wise we are talking 30 years. I returned to the Island from the
Midlands in 1971 and they were established then.

Hope that helps somewhere. :-))

Mike
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[Kay Easton]

In article <9b7g9s$kd0$1...@plutonium.btinternet.com>, Barry Davis
<Bnd...@btinternet.com> writes

>Try Eleagnus or beech or even Bamboo instead
>
>Leylandi and all conifers die from ground up anyway ans are a constant
>source of work and trouble
>

You cannot possibly be suggesting that 'all conifers' are a constant
source of work and trouble?
>

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Kay Easton

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http://www.scarboro.demon.co.uk/garden/

[Nick Maclaren]

In article <Ov8aQ6ArzC26Ewi$@scarboro.demon.co.uk>,

Kay Easton <k...@scarboro.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>In article <9b7g9s$kd0$1...@plutonium.btinternet.com>, Barry Davis
><Bnd...@btinternet.com> writes
>>Try Eleagnus or beech or even Bamboo instead
>>
>>Leylandi and all conifers die from ground up anyway ans are a constant
>>source of work and trouble

As (clipped) hedges, it isn't a bad guideline. Except for the
possibility of coastal redwood (as discussed before), they don't
really make good hedge plants. The fact that some people succeed
very well with them doesn't change the fact that they require a
lot more skill and care in pruning than many other plants.

Regards,
Nick Maclaren,
University of Cambridge Computing Service,
New Museums Site, Pembroke Street, Cambridge CB2 3QG, England.
Email: nm...@cam.ac.uk
Tel.: +44 1223 334761 Fax: +44 1223 334679

[Barry Davis]

Sadly yes in my experience .,........but then i am forced to suffer 50 mixed
ones down 150 ft boundary and 12 ft high
all dead and dying on my side

tall dark and ugly and cost a fortune in tree surgeons bills and the cause
of horrendous neighbour disputes