"Jim W" wrote in message
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Janice wrote:


Will a leylandii hedge be killed if it's pruned back severely on one
side,
or will it continue to grow as usual on the other side?

Thanks
No it will just be brown and horrible on the side that you pruned. It
will continue to grow on the unpruned side.

The main reason why there are so many problems with Leyandii is because
people do not maintain them regularly.. They do not respond well to
heavy pruning, unlike many other species.
//
Jim


Janice has not said whether she always cut back the neighbours side when
doing her own because its the failure of hedge growers to maintain the
"other side " thats causing mounting neighbour disputes along with the
devastation that Leyllandi cause to the soil

Equally far too many people plant hedges and leylandii right on the boundary
line and then wonder why the neighbour is upset

I know the hell I suffer an entire 150 ft boundary wrecked by a mix of 57
conifers all 10/12ft high ( many are Lawsons which you cant trim back at all
or you have brown sticks )..........as they are planted 6 inches from the
boundary they are breaking our fence .....they are old and some have died
but the neighbour simply plants more bang on the boundary ........and
certainly will not cut my side or enter into a reasonable discussion on the
problems they cause

I for once would like my choice of things to grow on the boundary but fat
chance