leylandii 'topping'

[Old Mill Tree Care]

I'm going by the fact that I have a 7ft Leylandii hedge in my back garden and the neighbours hacked back there side really hard and it regrew. Maybe it was a rare occurance. But Yew's definitely do.

 

I doubt it produced new shoots. In fact, it didn't.

What it did was grow through from the side that still had foliage.

 

 

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[Ross Smith]

Burn them all from the stump up

 

 

 

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[headgroundsman]

I was going to say about it growing through as I chopped of all the growth on the south side of a hedge hoping it would grow through. 3 years later it has made a lovely hedge half the width and if you didnt look hard you would never know

[Peasgood]

We have reduced hundreds of them from 90' down to 10'.

I would say more than 95% survive, possibly more. Some do die.

We have a particularly nice hedge where 70' trees were cut to as high as you could reach from the floor.

Another where 70' trees were reduced to a single branch with greenery on it, none more than 6' high, came out very well.

 

They will be fine.

[Joseph W]

We have reduced hundreds of them from 90' down to 10'.

I would say more than 95% survive, possibly more. Some do die.

We have a particularly nice hedge where 70' trees were cut to as high as you could reach from the floor.

Another where 70' trees were reduced to a single branch with greenery on it, none more than 6' high, came out very well.

 

They will be fine.

 

That's given me a bit more confidence, thank you!

[TreeswingerPerth]

I've reduced loads of them over the years , sure it's hard to make them pretty but I'd be really surprised if they died , the usually come back no problem , hate them myself !!

TS

[Matt McAulay]

Hope you plan on keeping on top of regularly tidying the top if there left for too long retopping leylands is a bastad.