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Laura,
welcome - sounds as though you have a lot of scope to experiment.
One thing - leylandii do have a lot of bad press but they do make very good
windbreaks.
Do you really want to replace an evergreen windbreak with a deciduous
windbreak?
I would have thought you would need the protection over winter at least as
much as in the summer and they do make a very dense high hedge.
Cheers
Dave R
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Thanks for the welcome. We are moving the windbreak further out, away from the patio. The current windbreak (which is over five metres tall) throws a lot of shade onto what should be a south-facing sun trap.
We are going for deciduous rather than evergreen on the wind-filtering rather than wind-blocking principle. As the windbreak is going to be further back, a solid one is more likely to lead to the wind bouncing over and landing hard just where we want our sun-loving plants to be. Or that's the theory. We shall see.
Thanks again
Laura