Does anyone know about leylandii

[Ridingthegravytrain]

We just had two huge leylandii trees chopped from about 50 foot down to about 20 (they aren’t ours if I had my way they would be gone!)

As you can imagine what is there is mainly fairly thick trunks as the “hedge” had become a tree, with some branches off it close to the top. My question is will the trunks themselves grow any taller from where they have been chopped to? Or will the tree just produce branches?

Thanks

I'm not an expert but I bloody hate those things! I'm pretty sure they just grow branches once chopped, but don't quote me on that! (Sorry not very helpful I know)

Usually the tree will develop little growth points at intervals around the circumference of the trunk, near the cut top. These will then all grow vertically, so you will have perhaps six (or so) long thin stems each of which will thicken into “trunks” and produce branches. Leylandii are extremely fast growing, so this process will be underway as soon as Spring starts, and they will gain height rapidly. Sorry! I hate them too - ugly light blockers.

I hate them too. They blocked so much sun and dropped so badly into our garden that we paid for the work even though they are our neighbours trees.

I have pointed out that they constitute a hedge and leylandii hedge law blah blah and they need to keep on top of it now (as it cost us a fortune!) but not sure that will happen

I think I will buy some long loppers and just keep chopping anything I see growing

Or hammer some copper nails into it

Hate them! We have cut down the ones at the back of the garden to bare stumps, 4ft high, have attached trellis and are growing clematis up them. There doesn’t seem to be any regrowth.
Unfortunately not much can be done about the neighbours leyllandi hedge, at least they cut it back each year.

I have a leylandii hedge which looks nice and green on the outside but is dry, dead and brown on the inside. One of the trees at the end fell down in a storm so I was happy to have It dug out. I also suspect it makes that part of the garden dry.

I would like to rip the whole thing out and replace with native hedging, or, in my dreams, roses, but I lack the manpower and am worried about:
1- diminished privacy on neighbours’ boundary ( would put up a plastic fence over for a few years).
2- whether any birds are reliant on it. Haven’t seen any birds ever in or on it, it is too dense, and dead, but am always checking for nests.

Anyone have any experience ripping out these sometimes useful plants? I suppose I would have to wait until autumn, after the nesting season anyway?

The hedge is only 4-5 feet tall so not gigantic.