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| Astronaut Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Cincinnati
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| Cruisin' Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Mudgeeraba, SE Queensland
Posts: 94
| Leyland Cypress are skanky 'cause they are generally planted in the wrong place (i.e. along a boundary fence between houses) and shade out the whole street because they have such dense canopies...they are even "named and shamed" in the Anti-Social Behaviour Act in the UK. There was talk before I left for Oz of giving LG's the authority to enter peoples property and cut their trees to a height of 2-3 metres if they refused to manage them in the way they were intended to be managed i.e. as a hedge. There have been a huge number of court cases re; Leylands, even one shooting when some bloke came back from his hol's to find his precious "hedge" lying in his pool...apparently his neighbour got medieval with a chainsaw! Do a Google search and you will see what I mean. If Arbdog works in the UK then a lot of his time will be spent creating manageable hedges out of rampant Leylandii. Its painstaking, frustrating work, but once they are manageable, they can look fantastic. Leylands really lend themselves to hedging, and the way they grow ensures that you can even use a plumb line to get that razor edge look. Does'nt last long tho', they grow up to 2 metres a year...often faster if they are hedged. Great for revisit work! |
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| | #55 (permalink) |
| Astronaut Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Cincinnati
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| How do they handle cold, wet/dry feet? I am getting ready to buy a bunch and a friend of mine caretaker for a huge convent planted 5 about 3 years ago and they look great. Any insect/disease issues. Love the color. I am going to bed, It is 1 am. Will check in morning. Thanks for any info. |
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| | #56 (permalink) | |
| Fly'n Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Parramatta. nsw. Australia.
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I was asked to top the other one years ago [owner was police inspector & local club member] and I wouldn't do it unless he got council approval, 2 days later it was done and later totally removed. | |
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| Eric Frei Administrator - Brisbane L5 (Dip) Hort Cert III Arb + some Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Brisbane
Posts: 5,672
| That's a bloody Bunya mate, you know it would be a PITA if you couldn't fell the head out whole, and an even bigger PITA to climb with all those prickly bits. Imagine climbing one spikeless and not being able to cut off the branches on the way up? Frankly, Bunya's suck! How's the nuts they get, flamin 10kg skull crushers, make coconuts look tame. --------------------- Leylandii Cypress, if you want a 2m to 3m high hedge dont plant a species that wants to grow to 35m like overnight. Check it out, doesn't do well in USA in some parts Leyland Cypress - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Personally, sounds like a PITA to me, get Thuja's!
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| | #58 (permalink) |
| Astronaut Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Cincinnati
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| They re all the rage in nurseries starting last year. Previous shrub arborvitae have a life expectancy of about 3 years so this is what is being touted as replacement. My one nursery just sold 150 and is getting 150 more soon. Guess growing so quick they can turnover quick in grower to nursery and by time public figures out this a prob quick grower everyone will have cash in pocket. We are planting 5 today, but they can grow to the moon where they are going. Supposed to be good around roads for salt tolerance and ever used as shields for salt spray on other plants? |
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| | #59 (permalink) |
| Cruisin' Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Mudgeeraba, SE Queensland
Posts: 94
| Yep they were all the rage in UK too...thats the problem. I think the Thuja is a much nicer tree all round, don't know about salt tolerance tho'. I know that Leyland foliage dies off if exposed continuously to road de-icing salt though. And it won't grow back. Possible P+D includes: Armillaria (honey fungus), Heterobasidium annosum (root and butt rot); Coryneum canker (to bark and cambium); Shoot blight, Aphid damage, mined shoots, drought, honeydew and sooty moulds. I have to say though that they are pretty tough old things. I know a few people back in England who used to do leyland hedging as a specialty and they would create a wooden walkway along the top of the hedge by attaching scaffold planks to the top of the cut stems, they could then walk along the top of the trees trimming the regrowth at about a metre from the top of the stem with their hedge trimmers. Looked fantastic and there was never any discernible damage or associated problems that I saw. DeeGee |
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| | #60 (permalink) | |
| Astronaut Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Cincinnati
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Thanks for the info. I think around here they also will get the bagworms. A particular ly nasty little creature that if you don t get it at the right time (and that is elusive) then the little fugger is in the bag and mature and you have to pick them all off. | |
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| | #61 (permalink) |
| Cruisin' Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Mudgeeraba, SE Queensland
Posts: 94
| No worries. Looks like a good spot for them, plenty of space and no hard surfaces around. The roots are pretty invasive too, as you would expect from such a speedy grower. DEEGEE |
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| Cruisin' Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: england
Posts: 97
| dg is wright. I am not saying one growing singly on its own in a feild isnt nice. they have normally been abliterated by the home owner or a gippo and do look a eyesore. But anyway I still dont like them so there skanky and i dont like poplar either so there skanky too! |
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| Eric Frei Administrator - Brisbane L5 (Dip) Hort Cert III Arb + some Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Brisbane
Posts: 5,672
| 2nd time this week the islanders door knocked my street!
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