what to do about leylandii in neighbours garden blocking sun?

Morty_007

ah ha, but I can't help feeling a dead Leylandii is still a tall Leylandi...not really going to solve the problem. Then I not only have a shady garden but an eyesore too! And, i'm guessing, evenutally the risk it might fall on my house as the roots rot?

Thanks anyway

navig8r

Ammonium Sulphamate is mentioned here as well under "killing them off"

http://66.102.9.104/search?q=cache:Sv5C2K-Edi0J:home.clara.net/tmac/urgring/faqleyld.htm+Ammonium+Sulphamate&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=4&gl=uk

Dave

Morty_007

I Don't Want To Kill Them Off....please Stop With The Suggestions To Kill Them Off. It's Illegal For Me To Kill Them Off And I Never Suggested I Wanted To!!!!

Twopints

A view from the other side of the fence.

We had a leylandii hedge at the bottom of our garden which backed on to 2 other gardens. The lady from one house came round a few times and asked if we were "going to do anything" with them - when I said possibly, she said she would be happy for them to be gone completely. The other people also said they would like them severely lopped. We got a man in who had previoulsy done tree-work for us and is reliable. The plan was to remove some and lop the rest. When he came to do the work, this turned out to be unworkable because there were 2 rows of trees growing closely together but with no greenery on the sides where they joined. So if we took out one row, we would be looking at "dead" trees, if we took out the other row the neighbours would be looking at the "dead" side. So they all went!

The woman who said she wanted them gone came round and said she cried for a day when she saw what we had done (i.e. what she asked for), the other neighbours haven't spoken to us since, but apparently complained to the council and tried to see if they could force us to re-plant the hedge (They couldn't because that's not allowed now! And anyway I had checked with the council first that we could take them out).

I suggested to them both that if they wanted a hedge that badly they could plant one in their gardens and I would not object. Three years on, no hedges yet.

Moral of the story: be careful what you wish for! :rotfl:

Jayar

Yikes Twopints, you're dammed it you do and you're dammed if you don't. Perhaps another moral would be, if you can't please all of the people all of the time, then please yourself

mel123

Just read your post re the heges. I am a mediator and we have a lot of disputes like this to deal with. The council will only deal with the issue after you have tried to mediate. We find it is better to speak with your neighbour with respect and also to listen to their point of view. Look for a win win solution where you both benefit from the situation. Also bear in mind that while the council says you must try mediation it is a voluntary process and your neighbour might not want to mediate and can refuse. If you wnt any other information please ask, but I hope this helps.

serena

The garden at the end of mine had a leylandii hedge that was about 30-35ft high. My garden is only 40ft deep, so you can imagine how little sunshine we got in the afternoon!

Two years ago, I plucked up courage to go round and talk to the owners. I told them that I lived on the other side of the hedge, I was worried about how tall it was, and asked them if they would like to come and have tea in the gardn and see what it was like from my side ( in a really friendly tone of voice). The wife came round immediately, said in a horrified tone that she wouldn't like it at all and had been telling her husband that she wanted to get rid of them. The tree surgeon checked the following weekend, but as there were nesting birds, left them for another 6 weeks, then they were all removed. It's wonderful!!

Good luck!