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leyland cypress transplanting

fareenaismfareenaism Posts: 12
edited February 2022 in Problem solving
Hello I’m transplanting leylandi cypress- please I need some tips I am new to this. I’m getting mulch. 

 I have to dig it up myself also from who I’m buying it. Some leave lower down are brown. Can I have some advice - I don’t have a pic of the brown leaves unfortunately. I’m paying £210 and it it’s 2.8 m high and width about 70cm . 

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  • gjautosgjautos Posts: 429
    My advice is walk away without paying. If you honestly want one of these you can buy them for £20 from countless nurseries. Any brown leaves are dead and will not regrow, also if you did manage to dig it all out and transplant, which I very much doubt you will successfully manage. It will need copius amounts of water to even survive. Leave well alone and find something else.
  • gjautosgjautos Posts: 429
    @pansyface we commented at the same time. Snap!
  • UffUff Posts: 3,199
    The tree will not transplant successfully.
    SW SCOTLAND but born in Derbyshire
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    If it is a leyland [and I'm not sure it is] those damaged sections lower down wouldn't regenerate anyway, even if it did survive - which it really wouldn't.

    Save your hard earned cash @fareenaism, and get one from a Garden Centre or nursery for a fraction of that amount, as the others have said. That way, you'll get one which will actually grow.  :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • Wild_VioletWild_Violet Posts: 221
    It looks quite narrow to be a leylandii for that height.  
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Yeh - doesn't look like it to me @Wild_Violet.
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Absolutely @pansyface.
    For that money, I could buy one and take it to @fareenaism personally - unless he/she is more than about 300 miles away  ;)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • PosyPosy Posts: 3,601
    It is really, really difficult to transplant a tree that size, I'm afraid, and your chances of success are very low. You would also need a lot of equipment to dig and lift and transport it. Much better to go to a good garden centre or nursery and choose a young tree that you like. Follow the planting and care instructions and you will end up with a happy, healthy tree.
  • GardenerSuzeGardenerSuze Posts: 5,692
    From what I can see in your photo this is Chamaecyparis  lawsoniana Ellwoodii  quite a few years old at that. At the time of planting it was probably a very innocent small plant. Personally I would avoid leylandii of any type no one is entirely sure of how tall they could eventually grow. 
    I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
  • fareenaismfareenaism Posts: 12
    Gosh lots comments suggesting against it. Thanks for you input. The whole point was I wanted a tall tree. I thinking it over 
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