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Please help with my leylandii hedge
benarnold111
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Hi
we moved into our current house a year ago, along the side of the garden are around 50 leylandii at roughly 12 feet.
around 15 of these appear to be dead and privacy is now an issue, and the some of the ones which don’t appear dead have substantial gaps at the bottom.
I would rather keep the hedge, because if I replace with a fence I will then be overlooked by the houses over the road which I want to avoid, but at the same time I don’t want to remove the dead trees and have to wait several years before the new ones are big enough.
In one corner there’s around 10 which are completely dead, these are in close proximity to an apple tree which I am about to remove, my plan here is too cut away at the dead leylandii and plant 6 footers next to them, which will keep some form of privacy whilst the new ones grow,will this be ok or will I need to completely remove the dead ones?
The other issue I have is the gaps at the bottom, as it is currently we have a 3/4 foot wall on the other side of the hedge, our dog gets through the gaps and could escape so ideally I want to fill these gaps, would I simply be able to plant say,2 foot leylandiis in the gaps
Sorry if these are daft questions, as you can tell I am not a Gardener!
we moved into our current house a year ago, along the side of the garden are around 50 leylandii at roughly 12 feet.
around 15 of these appear to be dead and privacy is now an issue, and the some of the ones which don’t appear dead have substantial gaps at the bottom.
I would rather keep the hedge, because if I replace with a fence I will then be overlooked by the houses over the road which I want to avoid, but at the same time I don’t want to remove the dead trees and have to wait several years before the new ones are big enough.
In one corner there’s around 10 which are completely dead, these are in close proximity to an apple tree which I am about to remove, my plan here is too cut away at the dead leylandii and plant 6 footers next to them, which will keep some form of privacy whilst the new ones grow,will this be ok or will I need to completely remove the dead ones?
The other issue I have is the gaps at the bottom, as it is currently we have a 3/4 foot wall on the other side of the hedge, our dog gets through the gaps and could escape so ideally I want to fill these gaps, would I simply be able to plant say,2 foot leylandiis in the gaps
Sorry if these are daft questions, as you can tell I am not a Gardener!
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Can't you put some wire netting at the bottom to keep the dog in?
as I said, in the worst hit corner is a big Apple tree around 3 foot away, I assumed this tree starved the leylandii of water.
I will be removing the apple tree for a number of reasons, but hopefully this would help new leylandii grow!
and thank you
Why a privacy issue so low down and with a wall behind it?
Do people walk past your garden on their knees?
You could try growing ivy up the netting but it will need a lot of watering to get it established but bit might also grow into the dead trees but will takes a few years.
the photo I used as an example was more the dog issue, in places the gaps are quite a bit higher and it does pose a privacy issue, I was originally thinking of raising the wall, or having a small fence built however the hedge protrudes the wall which throws both them ideas out
the ivy and netting is a good idea
Conifers never look short of water until they turn brown maybe a year or so later and then it's too late.
They might have been cut back into old wood and then the tree will never regrow.
It's the wrong time of year for planting a tree you wont be able to water enough.
Leave it till the autumn and then you can evaluate your privacy issue, it might not be as bad as you think or you can perhaps build a pergola or erect a sail or put up large parasol
It's hard to tell for sure but that looks like winter jasmine. I don't think it would have out-competed leylandii but it could have spread into them after they died or were already weak.