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Cut back leylandi hedge
adelle09
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hi any help or advice would be very much appreciated. I'm currently in the process of taking out my hedge ( 8ft tall and about 8ft length ways) which I think is a leylandi, I guess it's over 30 years old at least? I've been breaking off stalks about an inch or so thick from about a foot high from the ground, can I leave some of the very thick maybe 2 inch thick stalks and use them like a fence post to tie a bamboo screen to it? Will these stalks regrow new branches of hedge? Or will the Stalks eventually rot and break off leaving bamboo screen with no support? Or do I have to pull up the roots? Any help would be very much appreciated, I will try to upload pictures of where I'm up to so far if this helps
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It looks more like privet than leylandii which would be an awful lot higher than 8ft after 30 years.
It's Privet, if you cut the top it will shoot out from the bottom and along the bits you leave.
Ok so it's a privet, thanks for that. I've been Cutting it for the 20 years I've lived here but I've had enough of it so thought I could take it out by chopping it from the bottom instead, and leave a few of the larger thicker stalks to act as a kind of fence post to tie the bamboo screen to or will these stalks begin to regrow the privet is what Im really trying to find out I suppose so any ideas or advise would be welcome
They will regrow
A bamboo screen will shade out regrowth, and it will likely look the worse for it.
Privet may be a little common, but it really is great stuff. But if you really don't like, I'd swap it out for another evergreen. At least privet is semi-evergreen, and gives privacy.
Privet will take quite a beating, so fastening something to it won't be a death knell.
Last edited: 22 June 2017 17:45:11