"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, then
will they survive severe annual pruning?

No and no. The most savage pruning they can survive is only into green
growth.