Leylandi Cypress Health

[VincentValentine]

3 minutes ago, Hodge said:

yes they do bring us work but I hate the things. They make me itch....the will just grow to be horrible monsters, the neighbours will hate you.....there must be better things to plant that give bio diversity......did you buy them?

They wont get to be monsters, I will maintain them, if they survive that is. No one seems to want to help on that front. Yes I bought them, I don't regret it.

[peds]

Just now, Hodge said:

.there must be better things to plant that give bio diversity......

There are, but at least they aren't laurel. Disgusting plant. Waste of space, waste of soil. 

 

9 minutes ago, jfc said:

I don't understand you guys hating on the leylandii, I love the stuff. 
Long live the leylandii!

They are a beautiful tree.

 

I love orcas too, but I'd rather see them out in the open ocean, and not at Sea World. 

[Hodge]

They wont get to be monsters, I will maintain them, if they survive that is. No one seems to want to help on that front. Yes I bought them, I don't regret it.

Post up the pictures in a couple of years of them being maintained, I'd like to see them......well that's if they are still alive[emoji106] the more you try to control them the more they grow, then you try to control them and they grow, and grow and grow and grow.....

[VincentValentine]

5 minutes ago, Hodge said:

 

Post up the pictures in a couple of years of them being maintained, I'd like to see them......well that's if they are still alive the more you try to control them the more they grow, then you try to control them and they grow, and grow and grow and grow.....

 

This is the hedge in my old property. They actually belong to my neighbours but we trimmed them for them. They destroyed them on the opposite side though because they didn't understand that cutting them so far wont allow it to grow back. 

 

The trees are as old as the property itself. 1930s.

 

Can you offer any advice on my problem though?

Edited May 6, 2022 by VincentValentine

[Hodge]

Your trees won't form a hedge like that, they need to be planted closer together to form a nice tight conifer hedge.

Your pictures show there is no lower growth on the trees.

 

[jfc]

Not sure why they are looking ill. They are rather top heavy, appear to have had lower foliage cut off. Long term I think this will affect their stability, as they are shallow rooted anyway.
You could apply mulch/woodchip round the base of the trees, won't do any harm. 50cm to 1m around each stem, not touching the stems though.
Here's a couple of possible causes.
It's quite hard to identify diseases like this, even seeing them up close, but especially difficult from photos.
Good luck. Jan.

[Stubby]

They look dry to me .

[VincentValentine]

1 hour ago, Stubby said:

They look dry to me .

I'm hoping its just that. The garden does have a slight incline and the end tree appears to be suffering the most, which is the highest point. Maybe the slope is draining water away from the trees.

[Mick Dempsey]

They look too big to have been replanted, where did you buy them and were they bare rooted or in a pot?

[VincentValentine]

1 minute ago, Mick Dempsey said:

They look too big to have been replanted, where did you buy them and were they bare rooted or in a pot?

They were root balled. Bought them from paramountplants. They came with the lower half trimmed, purposely.