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Thoughts / help.
I'd like to plant some evergreen trees at the bottom of my garden as
there are some 3 storey flats beyond that I'd like to screen off, just
to get a bit more privacy as I can see into them from the house. I
don't want to get all un-neighbourly, but would like to grow them to a
height of about 15 ft and manage them, not let them go out of control.
Can anyone point me in the direction of getting a better understanding
of what's involved, background reading etc, i.e. how big can you buy
young trees to plant, are there specialist gardening centres that
would do this for me (may require some drilling out of concrete) any
legal issues I need ot be aware of in case the neighbours get
unfriendly? There wont be a huge shadow thrown over their house or
anything as it would be just at the back of their garden.
Thanks

Not to mince words, I think you have had it. You will just have to live
with the situation or move.
If you plant a row of Leylandii, you will regret it in ten years' time,
however much you try to maintain them as a tall hedge.
I was blessed with two such hedges and they eventually had to be cut off at
2 inches above ground level. It cost me a lot of money.

Franz Heymann

Franz Heymann