It was there before you built the house, the position of it isn't that bad, it's a single specimen, I say leave it. If he starts hacking at it it's going to look awful. Unless he's already done so? I'm unclear from reading this thread. Were you and the architect unaware of the tree before building started?
"What is hateful to you, do not do to your neighbour".
Yes we were aware but there is nowhere else to put the house, we’ve had to dig deeper in foundations nearer the tree. The guy works away a lot and he said to us he hadn’t realised how massive it had got and said he knows it needs to be trimmed down as way over grown, when he came over our side he hadn’t realised how massive it was. He hasn’t trimmed it yet but we would def need to trim our-side as really overhung. Anyways thanks for everyone’s ideas I’m sure we’ll figure it out 😊
If you cut back a conifer into brown wood it will not regrow so I would suggest it be left as it is with its natural shape and green foliage or else removed altogether but that is a decision for your neighbour.
Meanwhile, you can limit its effects on your garden by designing your own garden so the eye is drawn away from the tree. @AnniD's suggestion of a pergola for the end of your terrace is good and you wouldn't need a full roof. As long as it's built inside the boundary you could go up to 3m high, in an L shape and with trellis panels or wires tensioned on the sides and cross bars or wires across the L to support climbers and give you colour, perfume, shelter and privacy and disguise the conifer from the house and terrace.
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I feel your pain - this is the horror that our neighbour has in her garden. Sigh... Our garden currently being landscaped....only solutions we have thought of is to plant a prettier tree in front of it and/or grow rambling roses up it. Or we could spend £400 to have it cut down... there is always something isn't there!?!
Hard to tell from the photo but looks like might be a Thuja Plicata (Western Red Cedar). If it is then it's only going to continue to grow bigger and bigger. We've got one about 100ft in front of our house that'll be coming down soon, some of the branches on ours are the size of large trees.
We have lots of very mature trees round here, right next to properties/gardens. It's just a question of planting accordingly It makes a great background to other planting. Borrowed landscape is the term. It's been done for hundreds of years in gardens.
I'm not sure how you can spend money having a neighbour's tree removed @EmmaP2?
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Obelixx you say that it won’t regrow if cut back to brown wood. Well I did just that to one in my garden and everyone told me I’d killed it .... but it grew back in a couple of years. As it was then greening at a decent level I grew clematis over it which looked just great 😁
Obelixx you say that it won’t regrow if cut back to brown wood. Well I did just that to one in my garden and everyone told me I’d killed it .... but it grew back in a couple of years. As it was then greening at a decent level I grew clematis over it which looked just great 😁
It depends which type of conifer ... the Cupressus Leylandii hedging that many folks have will not regrow from brown wood ... however Thuja will, although it is a bit slow.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
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Eye watering price, but this is just to give you an idea of what l mean. You need something to draw the eye away from that monster of a conifer !
Meanwhile, you can limit its effects on your garden by designing your own garden so the eye is drawn away from the tree. @AnniD's suggestion of a pergola for the end of your terrace is good and you wouldn't need a full roof. As long as it's built inside the boundary you could go up to 3m high, in an L shape and with trellis panels or wires tensioned on the sides and cross bars or wires across the L to support climbers and give you colour, perfume, shelter and privacy and disguise the conifer from the house and terrace.
Our garden currently being landscaped....only solutions we have thought of is to plant a prettier tree in front of it and/or grow rambling roses up it. Or we could spend £400 to have
It makes a great background to other planting. Borrowed landscape is the term. It's been done for hundreds of years in gardens.
I'm not sure how you can spend money having a neighbour's tree removed @EmmaP2?
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.