All allow me to explain as I have received some unusual replies to my
original posting. I currently have a hedge of some sort of cypress that is
rather slow growing, as some of them were stolen when young I had to replace
them with others that were not the same size, now I have hedge that is all
uneven. What I intended to do was to bring on some leylandii (because they
grew quickly) in pots and then top them off at 5 ft maximum as one of my
neighbours has already done to great effect, and then replace the whole row
with well established and controlled leylandii. This I feel is not either,
intrusive,unsightly or any other negative word you can think of. If anyone
is able to come up with an alternative suggestion that would be suitable,
then I will willingly have a ceremonial bonfire upon which I can sacrifice
my Leylandii. Surely if I keep them under control, there is no issue with
them? Correct me if I am wrong.
Mike

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My sincere apologies I did not realise that I was behaving inappropriately,
good job you were there eh?
But I'm still no nearer to finding an alternative to Leylandii though.
And seeing how I cannot ask for advice I am somewhat stuck.
Thanks for your guidance in this matter.
Mike


This is usenet; not an advice bureau. Whenever anyone asks a
question or makes a remark, some responders may answer the question
(with right or wrong facts) , others may comment on the topic, or
discuss some issue concerning it which doesn't interest or please the
original poster.

Many people have planted leylandii hedges and cared for them well until
circumstances changed. They moved house/got old/became ill/were too
busy; after which the hedge was neglected and very rapidly caused misery
to neighbours. So it's frequently a sore subject here.

Please use the absolutely identical subject header for each post or
reply you make on that topic. Using different headers each time as you
did, is like tearing out pages from a library book. You may have read
the whole thing and remember what it's all about; but you're preventing
others from doing so.

For the same reason, if you're commenting on someone else's post,
please quote enough of what they said for other readers to know what
you're talking about.

There is a weekly post called abcfor newcomers to help you get the
best from the group.

Janet.

Mike Fitzpatrick wrote:
My sincere apologies I did not realise that I was behaving
inappropriately, good job you were there eh?
But I'm still no nearer to finding an alternative to Leylandii though.
And seeing how I cannot ask for advice I am somewhat stuck.
Thanks for your guidance in this matter.
Mike

No one said you can't ask for advice on this or any other matter, this group
is as much yours as it is everyone else's, what JB was correctly pointing
out, is that you should click 'reply group' to keep related posts within the
same thread, your original thread contained a few replies which you might
want to address, simply open them and click reply group, starting a
different thread for each point of the same conversation is a waste of time
and unlikely to get many, if any, helpfull replies.

BTW
Seeing as you're a fellow blueyonderer, you'd be wise to change your
newserver to text.news.blueyonder.co.uk, or create another news account with
that name in the news server properties box, the news.blueyonder.co.uk
server suffers from 2 hour delays most of the time with it being a binary
server, the text one only carries text and is much more efficient at doing
so.

snip
But I'm still no nearer to finding an alternative to Leylandii though.
snip
I had Leylandei hedges of which most have been taken out and replaced with
fencing. My last remaining hedge is about 4/5' wide and about 6 1/2ft tall.
Awkward to manage but it serves a useful purpose so will stay for time
being.
The last one to go was in front garden and has been replaced with Yew which
is not as slow growing as you might think. It also stands clipping back well
and will regenerate if you cut it back fairly hard. My choice was green but
you can get yellow varieties.
If you need to match your existing hedge exactly then you must use the same
variety.
Years ago one of my Leylandei trees was blown down in the hurricane (it was
still fairly young and only about 6') I replaced it and a couple of years
later you couldn't see the join.
hth Jim

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My sincere apologies I did not realise that I was behaving inappropriately,
good job you were there eh?
But I'm still no nearer to finding an alternative to Leylandii though.
And seeing how I cannot ask for advice I am somewhat stuck.
Thanks for your guidance in this matter.

No-ones preventing you from asking for advice, just pointing out that
like Midas, you may not get the answer you want.

personally, i don't think that leylandii in post would work, unless you
had very big post, and were prepared to water them copiously and very
frequently - in hot weather, several times a day.

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Thanks for the advice guys, maybe leylandii is not the way to go after all?
the bit from Phil L about servers.. thanks for that also, I will try to do
it.
Mike

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The message k
from "Mike Fitzpatrick" contains these
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My sincere apologies I did not realise that I was behaving
inappropriately,
good job you were there eh?
But I'm still no nearer to finding an alternative to Leylandii though.
And seeing how I cannot ask for advice I am somewhat stuck.
Thanks for your guidance in this matter.

No-ones preventing you from asking for advice, just pointing out that
like Midas, you may not get the answer you want.

personally, i don't think that leylandii in post would work, unless you
had very big post, and were prepared to water them copiously and very
frequently - in hot weather, several times a day.

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snip The last one to go was in front garden and has been replaced with Yew
which
is not as slow growing as you might think. It also stands clipping back
well
and will regenerate if you cut it back fairly hard. My choice was green
but
you can get yellow varieties.

Padger, Yew is something I had not considered, food for thought there I
think.
Many thanks

"Mike Fitzpatrick" wrote in message
.uk...


My sincere apologies I did not realise that I was behaving
inappropriately,
good job you were there eh?
But I'm still no nearer to finding an alternative to Leylandii though.
And seeing how I cannot ask for advice I am somewhat stuck.
Thanks for your guidance in this matter.
Mike

And don't top post!



This is usenet; not an advice bureau. Whenever anyone asks a
question or makes a remark, some responders may answer the question
(with right or wrong facts) , others may comment on the topic, or
discuss some issue concerning it which doesn't interest or please the
original poster.

Many people have planted leylandii hedges and cared for them well until
circumstances changed. They moved house/got old/became ill/were too
busy; after which the hedge was neglected and very rapidly caused misery
to neighbours. So it's frequently a sore subject here.

Please use the absolutely identical subject header for each post or
reply you make on that topic. Using different headers each time as you
did, is like tearing out pages from a library book. You may have read
the whole thing and remember what it's all about; but you're preventing
others from doing so.

For the same reason, if you're commenting on someone else's post,
please quote enough of what they said for other readers to know what
you're talking about.

There is a weekly post called abcfor newcomers to help you get the
best from the group.

Janet.

On 13/1/06 11:30, in article ,
"Mike Fitzpatrick" wrote:


snip The last one to go was in front garden and has been replaced with Yew
which
is not as slow growing as you might think. It also stands clipping back
well
and will regenerate if you cut it back fairly hard. My choice was green
but
you can get yellow varieties.

Padger, Yew is something I had not considered, food for thought there I
think.
Many thanks

You might like to consider beech, too. It holds its dead leaves if kept
below a height of about 8 or 9 feet, provides cover for birds and looks
rather pretty with its retained russet colouring. I loathe leylandii, so
would never encourage anyone to grow it. However, if you live in a fairly
mild climate, Griselinia, both green and variegated, make a wonderful
evergreen hedge, as does Escallonia which has the bonus of attractive
flowers, much loved by bees. You could use Eucalyptus, too and just keep
them at the level you want them after a couple of years allowing them to
grow and get their roots down - some varieties of eucalyptus are more
suitable for hedging than others and this is a good place to find them:
www.eucalyptus.co.uk
They're in N. Wales, I believe and are in a cold and windy spot, so their
plants are bred tough!

--
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove the weeds to email me)

Sacha wrote:
On 13/1/06 11:30, in article
, "Mike Fitzpatrick"
wrote:


snip The last one to go was in front garden and has been
replaced
with Yew which
is not as slow growing as you might think. It also stands
clipping
back well and will regenerate if you cut it back fairly hard. My
choice was green but you can get yellow varieties.

Padger, Yew is something I had not considered, food for thought
there I think.
Many thanks

You might like to consider beech, too. It holds its dead leaves if
kept below a height of about 8 or 9 feet, provides cover for birds
and looks rather pretty with its retained russet colouring. I
loathe
leylandii, so would never encourage anyone to grow it. However, if
you live in a fairly mild climate, Griselinia, both green and
variegated, make a wonderful evergreen hedge, as does Escallonia
which has the bonus of attractive flowers, much loved by bees. You
could use Eucalyptus, too and just keep them at the level you want
them after a couple of years allowing them to grow and get their
roots down - some varieties of eucalyptus are more suitable for
hedging than others and this is a good place to find them:
www.eucalyptus.co.uk
They're in N. Wales, I believe and are in a cold and windy spot, so
their plants are bred tough!

I'll also bang the drum again for Thuja plicata if it's that dense
coniferous effect you're after.

--
Mike.

Oh how well I was doing, getting constructive assistance from a few people
all with good ideas when along comes another power crazy, guardian of our
morals PAMMY T...

snip And don't top post!

Instead of shouting instructions from your ivory tower get down here with
the real people and explain what I should or should not do. People like you
make me sick, sitting behind the autonomy of a PC. If I have made such an
impact on your life by posting incorrectly then live with it, it won't hurt
you. I go through life making mistakes, you obviously don't.

In case any one is interested the idea of yew seems to be most preferred
although the Beech idea and the red wood came in a close second.

Remember:- It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most
intelligent, but the one most responsive to change. Charles Darwin

"Mike Fitzpatrick" wrote in message
.. .
Oh how well I was doing, getting constructive assistance from a few people
all with good ideas when along comes another power crazy, guardian of our
morals PAMMY T...


snip

Mike a better response would be:-
Sorry I do have a lot to learn:-)

On 13/1/06 17:55, in article ,
"Mike Fitzpatrick" wrote:

Oh how well I was doing, getting constructive assistance from a few people
all with good ideas when along comes another power crazy, guardian of our
morals PAMMY T...

snip And don't top post!

Instead of shouting instructions from your ivory tower get down here with
the real people and explain what I should or should not do. People like you
make me sick, sitting behind the autonomy of a PC. If I have made such an
impact on your life by posting incorrectly then live with it, it won't hurt
you. I go through life making mistakes, you obviously don't.

In case any one is interested the idea of yew seems to be most preferred
although the Beech idea and the red wood came in a close second.

Remember:- It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most
intelligent, but the one most responsive to change. Charles Darwin


Different groups tend to have different habits. But generally speaking,
this group doesn't go in for top posting because it's just not logical.
(This will now start an argument but the fact remains most of us don't top
post) This is because you ask a question, someone answers it, you reply to
that, someone answers that and so on, IN SEQUENCE. So, when people replying
to posts snip to the point, the points do remain visible and in order. And
yes, snipping is appreciated here if it's done with care.
If you're going to grow yew, it will be lovely but, like all hedges will
need controlling. It's also important to know that yew does not like to be
wet at the roots, so don't use it if you have ground that is perpetually
damp or really wet.

--
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove the weeds to email me)

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from "Mike Fitzpatrick" contains these
words:

Oh how well I was doing, getting constructive assistance from a few people
all with good ideas when along comes another power crazy, guardian of our
morals PAMMY T...

snip And don't top post!

Quite right too...

Instead of shouting instructions from your ivory tower get down here with
the real people and explain what I should or should not do. People like you
make me sick, sitting behind the autonomy of a PC. If I have made such an
impact on your life by posting incorrectly then live with it, it won't hurt
you. I go through life making mistakes, you obviously don't.

You haven't made much of an impact because I generally delete posts
unread if they have a top-posted reply.

Not always, but generally.

In case any one is interested the idea of yew seems to be most preferred
although the Beech idea and the red wood came in a close second.

Yew is quite slow-growing, and if you do go that route, be sure to get
the right variety for a hedge.

Remember:- It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most
intelligent, but the one most responsive to change. Charles Darwin


Holly might be considered.

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"Mike Fitzpatrick" wrote in message
.. .
Oh how well I was doing, getting constructive assistance from a few people
all with good ideas when along comes another power crazy, guardian of our
morals PAMMY T...

snip And don't top post!

Instead of shouting instructions from your ivory tower get down here with
the real people and explain what I should or should not do. People like
you
make me sick, sitting behind the autonomy of a PC. If I have made such an
impact on your life by posting incorrectly then live with it, it won't
hurt
you. I go through life making mistakes, you obviously don't.

But, if you were to read _before_ posting you would be well aware that
people post _following_ the subject, not post above it so that it is then
possible to follow the thread without having to read below then go back to
the top to understand what you are refering to.

Alan