Glen Able wrote:
Eyebright wrote:

lynn Wrote:

hello, I am a newbie, both on this site and to gardening. I have a
long, narrow, northish facing garden in Kent, which is completly
shadowed down one side by 2 neighbours leylandii trees. This means
that I do not get any sunlight until late afternoon in the summer and
not at all in the winter. My neighbours refuse to cut them, and
although a new law comes in this year, I understand that access to
light is not a good enough reason to have them cut back. The trees
also mean that anything I have tried to plant near them either dies or
does badly. Does anyone have any suggestions as to what I can plant
that will thrive in their shade ? any help very much appreciated.
thanks



your neighbours refuse to cut them down..??.....2 solutions spring to
mind....
1 prune the trees ....with a chainsaw with a single cut very low down
and live with the consequences...in sunlight

2 find a nice herbicide ....and spray the trees every 3 weeks or
so......some chemicals work better if applied as the sun is going
down.

good luck !


Hmmm, I recall a couple of recent cases where people have cut their
neighbour's hedge and are now facing 6 figure legal costs. (And in at
least 1 case the hedge has regrown).

For the new legislation, look here for info/sample complaint forms:
http://www.publications.odpm.gov.uk/...asp?pubid=1502

Basically it's not a simple 'loss of light' thing, but it's up to your
council to decide if your enjoyment of your garden is affected
unreasonably by the hedge. Let us know what happens...

best,
G.A.



A few years ago when we lived in the UK we had a large front garden with
a Leylandii hedge inside the wall bordering us from the neighbouring
properties. I used to keep it cut to a reasonable height, but as every
time I cut it I came out in a nasty rash for a fortnight after, even if
I dressed to look like the Michelin man, I decided to cut the hedge down
and use the area for something else.

When I had cut the hedge down I got a lot of grief from one of the
neighbours who said he had only bought his house because of the hedge in
our garden!!!! When I suggested if he wanted a hedge he could grow one
in his garden he did not like that idea either.

John