" If it becomes law, a special force of hedge-busters are to be set loose on
any Leylandii that top two metres in height. "

Lets hope that it gets thrown out ......Whilst this sounds good just
think... it could soon be "Any" hedge over 2 m.. Then where do you measure
from? If you are on sloping ground is it high side or low side?
So what of those that require a good wind break? Etc Etc....

I am afraid that once you let the Town Hall loose then anything can happen,
and it probably will with the aid of the odd "Jobs worth" from the Council.
I feel that if there was a move to bring Hedges into the law regarding
Ancient Lights so that any hedge cutting out a substantial amount of light
adjacent to a building could have action taken to remove it, this would do a
lot to solve many of the problems.
I am not a lover of Leylandii, but I do feel that there is a place for it in
the right location, and as my reference says it is "unsurpassed for tall
screens, but generally to vigorous to be used as a hedge in a small garden".
But I am also not a lover of the never ending outpourings of new legislation
that we have to put up with.
It originates from several crosses of Cupressus macrocarpa x Chamaecyparis
nootkatensis, the first seedling was grown at Restrevor, Co. Down in 1870,
then 6 seedlings at Leighton Hall, Powys in 1888 then 2 more in 1911. Also
2 seedlings in Ferndown , Dorset in 1940.


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David Hill
Abacus Nurseries
www.abacus-nurseries.co.uk