{"id":3733,"date":"2014-11-12T12:00:19","date_gmt":"2014-11-12T17:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/?p=3733"},"modified":"2014-10-27T11:43:15","modified_gmt":"2014-10-27T15:43:15","slug":"better-choices-than-leyland-cypress-for-privacy-screen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/2014\/11\/12\/better-choices-than-leyland-cypress-for-privacy-screen\/","title":{"rendered":"Better Choices Than Leyland Cypress For Privacy Screen"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_4798\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/DSC_0134.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4798\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4798\" title=\"DSC_0134\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/DSC_0134-300x201.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/DSC_0134-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/DSC_0134-1024x687.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4798\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cryptomeria Privacy Screen near Chattanooga TN<\/p><\/div>\n<p>For\u00a0homeowners in a rush to establish a tall green privacy\u00a0screen from the neighbor(s), perhaps a 12-foot tall green fence\u00a0may be\u00a0your better option. Among the choices of evergreens to plant, Leyland cypress (x <em>Cupressocyperus leylandii<\/em>) is fastest growing, but is plagued by any of three serious disease problems.\u00a0An established leyland cypress planted 12 feet apart completely occupies its place and stands 12 plus feet\u00a0tall within 10 years if adequately fertilized and irrigated.<\/p>\n<p>Foliage disease problems usually do not infect leyland cypress until 10-12 years after planting. No disease cure-alls (fungicides) are presently available. Pruning off diseased branches on tall ladders is the best\u00a0cure-all which can be\u00a0a highly expensive and a dangerous chore for diyers to take on.<\/p>\n<p>In northerly zones (USDA hardiness zone 6 and 7), Japanese cryptomeria (<em>Cryptomeria japonica<\/em>) and \u2018Green Giant\u2019 arborvitae (<i>Thuja plicata<\/i> x <i>T. standishii<\/i>) may be the evergreen privacy screen that you&#8217;re looking for. Within 1-2 years after planting, their growth rate is moderate, 16-20 inches annually.\u00a0They may not\u00a0be as vigorous\u00a0like leyland cypress, but\u00a0without the disease threat that\u00a0may destroy a privacy screen\u00a0within 20 years. Two-year established arborvitaes and cryptomerias exhibit better drought\u00a0resistance than Leyland cypresses.<\/p>\n<p>An occasional pest of all three evergreen species\u00a0are bagworms\u00a0which can devour new soft\u00a0spring foliage.\u00a0Inspect evergreens in late winter and treat with any of a\u00a0number of pesticides\u00a0 previously listed in my\u00a0&#8220;bagworms&#8221; blog. The winter foliage of all three\u00a0usually bronzes off, but quickly recovers (greens-up) in the early days of spring.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For\u00a0homeowners in a rush to establish a tall green privacy\u00a0screen from the neighbor(s), perhaps a 12-foot tall green fence\u00a0may be\u00a0your better option. Among the choices of evergreens to plant, Leyland cypress (x Cupressocyperus leylandii) is fastest growing, but is plagued by any of three serious disease problems.\u00a0An established leyland cypress planted 12 feet apart completely [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[728,1049,650,645,806,800,604,648,1030,843,936,601,630,646,7,283,455],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3733"}],"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=3733"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3733\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6887,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3733\/revisions\/6887"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}