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Old 01-01-2008, 09:32 AM posted to uk.rec.gardening
[email protected] robertharvey@my-deja.com is offline
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Default old giant leylandiis

On 1 Jan, 05:29, redg wrote:
So you all reckon I should get it done, but no comments about the
undergound structural damage where the roots have reached. That's my


That's why you need the professionals.

In general all the Leylandii I have taken down have had a root ball no
wider than the crown, but I live on heavy clay. The nature of root
growth is a complicated thing, depending on underground conditions.