{"id":118,"date":"2009-12-23T11:26:00","date_gmt":"2009-12-23T16:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/2009\/12\/23\/planting-leyland-cypress-may-be-a-big-mistake\/"},"modified":"2012-09-09T16:24:15","modified_gmt":"2012-09-09T20:24:15","slug":"planting-leyland-cypress-may-be-a-big-mistake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/2009\/12\/23\/planting-leyland-cypress-may-be-a-big-mistake\/","title":{"rendered":"Planting Leyland Cypress May Be Big Mistake"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_ZzNIw3ADWQo\/SzJhEc7it8I\/AAAAAAAAADQ\/zUkL7vIXkeQ\/s1600-h\/Cupresso+ley.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418500030793430978\" style=\"margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 320px; float: left; height: 240px; cursor: hand;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_ZzNIw3ADWQo\/SzJhEc7it8I\/AAAAAAAAADQ\/zUkL7vIXkeQ\/s320\/Cupresso+ley.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a> If you live in USDA Plant Zone 6-b &#8211; 7, planting leyland cypress (x <em>Cupressocyparis leylandii<\/em>) could eventually turn into a maintenance diseaster in your landscape. Leyland cypress is a green behemoth, too fast and aggressive for most folks to handle. Ask yourself, &#8220;do you really need a 60-70 foot evergreen privacy screen around your property?&#8221; If neighbors can&#8217;t view in, you can&#8217;t see out.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>Many gardeners make the mistake of planting leyland cypress only 6-8 foot apart. Leyland demands a wider 16-18 foot spacing. Unfortunately, leyland is also susceptible to 3 fungal needle blight diseases. Diseases usually don&#8217;t infect until shrubs are 10 years and older. There are no practical cures (pesticides) for these diseases. Over time the shrubs may need to be removed at a considerable cost to you.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>If you must grow tall screens or hedges, I recommend the more dependable Japanese cedar (<em>Cryptomeria japonica<\/em>) or Green Giant arborvitae (<em>Thuja x plicata<\/em>). In the 20-25 foot height category, plant Nellie R. Stevens holly, Foster#2 holly and Emerald arborvitae (<em>Thuja occidentalis<\/em> &#8216;Smaragd&#8217;).<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>Some great evergreen choices in the 10-15 foot range are leatherleaf viburnum (<em>Viburnum rhytidophyllum<\/em>), skip laurel (<em>Prunus laurocerasus<\/em> &#8216;Schipkaensis&#8217;) and &#8216;Hick&#8217;s Yew (<em>Taxus x media<\/em> &#8216;Hicksii&#8217;).<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you live in USDA Plant Zone 6-b &#8211; 7, planting leyland cypress (x Cupressocyparis leylandii) could eventually turn into a maintenance diseaster in your landscape. Leyland cypress is a green behemoth, too fast and aggressive for most folks to handle. Ask yourself, &#8220;do you really need a 60-70 foot evergreen privacy screen around your [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[444,728,650,800,604,649,774,816,648,843,936,630,646,113],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3732,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118\/revisions\/3732"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}