Maybe Leylandii isn't all bad ...

There is a plantation of overgrown leylandii a few doors down. They seem to be much more of a draw for goldfinches and greenfinches than any of my attempts to feed them. Clearly untended leylandii = finch heaven!

 

ive had blackbirds nest in mine, before hubby cut it back. i wudnt be without ours. if we didnt have ours, we'd have to look at thei neighbours. yuk! :flag:

 

Nope, sorry, still hate the ****** things.

 

Nice to hear some people actually like leylandii.

Its become fashionable to hate it in recent years, but if its properly controlled as shiney appears to be doing its not a problem, just hard work perhaps.
And there lies the problem,
There is no such thing as a bad leylandii, just bad owners.:D

 

we only have to trim ours once a year. no biggy. tho i DO hate the bigger/longer laurel hedge our landlord put in just putside our garden which we have to maintain

 

I know Lelandi gets a bad press and I can see what all the problems could be
BUT
one of my neighbours has a Leylandii hedge.
I swear he must shave it with a cut throat razor every day.
It is just beautiful, thick and as good as a hedge could ever be.
I think Pete has it right, the problems are down to bad owners.

 

Bad location and choice for the smaller garden as well usually!

 

Its just that, is it OK to plant lawsons cypress, or maybe thuja, or cupressus, or any conifers for that matter.
Most have similar problems regarding cutting back if allowed to get out of hand and all grow fairly fast if not quite at the rate of leylandii.