laurel hedge will not grow near leylandii tree.

bev hadland

I planted a laurel hedge at the rear boundary of my garden, beyond my boundary

in the corner a leylandii was planted some years back and is now some 40 feet

high, as the branches have gradually spread out I have lost 7 laurels already and

losing 1 a year. It is now obvious the laurel trees cannot tolerate being close to the

Laylandii. Any ideas what screening hedge can be used other than Laylandii hedging.

 

 

Dovefromabove

Nothing much will grow near a leylandii - they rob the ground of moisture and nutrition more than any other tree that I know.  Is there no chance that the owner will have it felled - it must be a monster.

Tropical Sam

I would dig at the boundary with a spade, severing all the roots and keeping it open to stop more Leylandii roots coming in would help. I would then rake in lots of manure and feed into the area where the Laurels are. Watering them for a year or so until they are established would help.

Joe_the_Gardener

I would not do anything without first making a friendly approach to the neighbour, explaining the problem and inviting them to come and have a look at it from your garden. This way you are ten points up from the very start.

Yviestevie

I have spotted laurel growing under a leylandii in my garden and it's doing great.  It was a shrub recommended by my garden centre to grow in that spot.  It was only small when it went in and it's grown well and this year had red berries.