Need some advice please!

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Cut it down as low as you can leaving 4 or 5 growing points, re-stake then dress in what's left, do the same with the other and train over the years to create a screen from the other houses. Cheap as.

 

 

they aint the best choice, however, do what mick suggests and treat them as hedging, make a good screen, evergreen and tolerates a lot of hard pruning.

[redmoosefaction]

Wrong trees, wrong place

 

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Cut it down as low as you can leaving 4 or 5 growing points, re-stake then dress in what's left, do the same with the other and train over the years to create a screen from the other houses. Cheap as.

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Cut it to around knee height in may after the last frosts, to stimulate dormant buds, 90% success rate.

[Mark J]

Knee height worked with one at my folks house, it was maybe 20' thin thing. Now it's a nice?shrub in the corner... I agree wrong tree wrong place but if he's likes it then it's an option.

[karlton]

Thanks for all the replies

 

Customer decided to have them both down in the end. suggested all the options you gave me but he didnt seem too keen.