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Leylandii

richwebb40richwebb40 Posts: 15
in Problem solving
Hi.
Can anyone give advice as to why the browning is occuring on this leylandii? It had been replanted from a pot that was about a quarter the size of the one its in now. Could this be the cause? It's also being watered daily.  Is this to often?

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  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    It'll have been completely dehydrated in the previous pot if it was that small, making it virtually impossible to retain the foliage properly.
    Once they go brown, there's no going back. Those bits won't turn green.
    Very few conifers do come back when clipped into brown wood, or once they turn brown for any other reasons. 
    I would doubt that's leylandii. It doesn't take that kind of clipping, but it's slightly irrelevant. 
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • K67K67 Posts: 2,506
    You can buy green sprays for plants. Not long lasting but worth a try.
    Here's one
    https://www.amazon.co.uk/Science-Solutions-Get-Green-Formulation/dp/B00AD4EFBI
  • Valley GardenerValley Gardener Posts: 2,851
    What a shame,I bet that wasnt cheap? I dont understand why they twist these trees into extraordinary shapes, not much you can do now unfortunately. I think I would try carefully snipping off the brown bits and hope the green will "fill in" as it were. Good luck,I hope it comes back for you.
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  • Pauline 7Pauline 7 Posts: 2,246
    @K67  Your link just brings the same page up again.
    West Yorkshire
  • Blue OnionBlue Onion Posts: 2,995
    edited July 2020
    Looks more like an arborvitae?  They can be trained in those spirals.  I don't think they grow back on old wood either, unfortunately.  

    Either the green spray paint.. or cut back all the brown bits individually and hide it in a corner for a few years until (hopefully) new growth from the remaining green bits fills the gaps.

    Maybe a combination?  Cut back the top to new growth and paint the lower brown branches?  Don't paint the green ones, they need to make energy.  
    Utah, USA.
  • K67K67 Posts: 2,506
    Sorry about the link but the OP can just search for green plant spray if they are interested @Pauline 7 I never seem to get the hang of these links 
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