"Matt Barton" wrote in message
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"Robbie" wrote in message
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And can anyone guess how tall this monster is going to grow

If it is C. Leylandii then depending on conditions it could grow to 70-80
feet. At about 3-4 feet a year. If the bleedin' monster in my garden is
anything to go by. We've got a 10ft leylandii partway down the garden
(which was about 20 ft until the weekend before last) and three of them
right at the bottom of the garden which are about 50 ft - but since they
shield us from a railway line I'm happy about keeping them.

Another consideration is the roots the thing will be putting out - if it's
next to your fence then the roots will extend under the fence and into
your
garden.




Just out of interest, we have a row of the yellowish coloured Leylandii (not
sure what type) in our front garden. I planted them when they were 4 footers
about 2 years ago and they are only about 5/6.5 feet now, so I don't know
about them been fast growers as people say they are. The reason I planted
them was because of the supposedly fast growth, as we wanted privacy from
the main road.

Oh well.

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Bob H
Leeds UK