Trimming Cypress tree @ the Fence without loosing privacy much..

Woolsery

Well the the RHS agrees with both of us! Myrtle's H4, so hardy down to -10c, but it dislikes wind. So, not for parts of the North and out of the gales preferably. Mine are doing OK in the West Country, but I've given them shelter, they're not exactly romping away and one died, due to the the winter wet, I think.

We find Portuguese laurel quite easy to control and fairly quick. Elaeagnus tends to fall over and we've had a few issues with Viburnum tinus too getting blown about, but we do have a lot of them....around 50. Of course the best evergreen hedge is Yew and we have a protection belt of it around the south side of the garden. We thought it would be slow, but it wasn't too bad at all and I wish we'd put in more now!

koalakoala

I would get rid of all that for sure

sujsuj

I think these close pics suggests this is leylandii?
Not sure how its different from Cypressus leylandii in characterstics?

sujsuj

TELLIT01 said:

You can't cut them back at present unless you check them thoroughly to ensure there are no birds nesting in them.  That said, there could be major stability problems if the neighbour insists on 8 metres of growth being removed where it overhangs their garden.  Whatever you do is likely to reduce the privacy in the garden.

I found  tiny birds which can't fly sen closer to the  base.. How long is that season..?

sujsuj

next door is not a house,  its small industrial estate thats why 6-7 years no one raise with me/previous owners.
Other issue with that is I don't have any proper fence in that area, so need to trim without compromising security!