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from Charlie Pridham contains these words:

Take out the Leylandyi, the sooner done the less the unsightly mess will
be with you, improve the soil in the planting holes with some nice well
rotted manure and buy some yew hedging, get it from a good supplier who
can tell you whether the plants are seed or cutting raised (hedges are
always best if they are of identical clones as the growth rates will be
the same and it will always look even) it will take 3-5 years to form a
good hedge but will last several lifetimes and never be a nuisence and
need cutting only once a year.

*SEVERAL* lifetimes? FVLVO 'several'!

It is believed that the oldest living thing on this planet is the Yew at
Fortingall - possibly five thousand years of age...

Do not attempt to plant between the existing trees - ! tried that! new
plants failed due to the competition and lack of water
I have a leylandi hedge and very much wish I had chosen differently!

Arbut, I read it that he cut it back past the green growth, so the roots
won't be doing any more work, ever.

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Rusty
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