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Conifer hedge suffers heavy pruning -advice please

tombridge1tombridge1 Posts: 2
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Hi folks, hoping someone can help with this, out neighbour cut our boundary hedge to about half its height. I’m concerned that the top won’t green over. What’s your thoughts please ? 

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  • SmudgeriiSmudgerii Posts: 185
    “Thoughts?”

    Well done that man....
  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    Most conifers don't re-grow from brown wood. There are a couple of exceptions - Yew, and (I think) Thuja. If it's leylandii then you're stuck with the brown top.
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    Does the hedge belong to you or to your neighbour, and how well do you get on with them? If it's theirs, there's nothing much you can do except keeping your side trimmed. If the green growth heads upwards from the side you could let it get a bit taller. If it's yours the neighbour shouldn't have cut back past the boundary, but done is done and it's not worth falling out over. You could take it out and replace it if you like. Maybe they'd help if you get on well and if you explain that the top isn't going to grow back.
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • tombridge1tombridge1 Posts: 2
    Thanks as I suspected...  :'(
  • amancalledgeorgeamancalledgeorge Posts: 2,736
    Believe me, you won't miss that thug. 
    To Plant a Garden is to Believe in Tomorrow
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    Dig it up, improve the soil with well-rotted manure and garden compost and plant something attractive and good for wildlife too.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • Alan Clark2 in LiverpoolAlan Clark2 in Liverpool Posts: 2,190
    Leylandii grows 3 feet per year, so by the end of summer the side growth will cover the top.
    But if it was mine I would take it out and plant something nice instead.
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