On Sat, 26 Jun 2004 12:20:45 +0100, Sacha
wrote:

On 26/6/04 4:46, in article ,
"Dave Poole" wrote:

On Fri, 25 Jun 2004 23:56:44 +0100, Kay
wrote:

I don't think I think 'how awful' or 'naff' or 'are they colour blind'
- it's just that that style of gardening leaves me cold.

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Forsythia, bizzy lizzies, annual salvias, Calceolarias, 'cute' garden
ornaments, ditto the Chrysanths and EE glads, (though I have a fondness for
some Dahlias) Cupressus leylandii, not mad about marigolds, monkey puzzle
trees.

Please do not be too hard on Leylandii! Cut off the trunk about 18
inches shorter than the final height required, then cut twice a
year. This gives a pretty good hedge quickly.

The Leylandii problem is largely one of the owners, not the plants.

Peter.