"Trish Brown" wrote in message
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We have a pair of Cupressus planted in our side lane by the previous
owners of the house. Clearly, the trees were meant to be about a metre
tall, since the passageway is only about six feet wide! After more than
fifteen years, the trees are now about three metres tall, thickening
dismayingly and have already been disfigured by pruning to allow people to
fit down the lane.

The question is: can a 3m Cupressus be transplanted happily? If not,


I don't know but you may as well try it as I don't thnik pruning will work.

then will they survive severe annual pruning? It's a shame, since the

They will probably not look any good as they may not grow back over areas
that are pruned heavily leaving ugly brown spots or bare areas.

David