{"id":598,"date":"2012-09-09T18:00:25","date_gmt":"2012-09-09T22:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/?p=598"},"modified":"2012-09-09T16:03:24","modified_gmt":"2012-09-09T20:03:24","slug":"leyland-cypress-for-fast-growing-evergreen-privacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/2012\/09\/09\/leyland-cypress-for-fast-growing-evergreen-privacy\/","title":{"rendered":"Leyland Cypress For Fast Growing Evergreen Privacy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mceTemp mceIEcenter\">\n<dl id=\"attachment_599\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 310px;\">\n<dt class=\"wp-caption-dt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/cupressocypais-leyl.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-599\" title=\"cupressocypais leyl\" src=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/cupressocypais-leyl-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/cupressocypais-leyl-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/cupressocypais-leyl-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/cupressocypais-leyl.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/dt>\n<dd class=\"wp-caption-dd\">Leyland Cypress<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<p>Leyland cypress (x<em>Cupressocyparis x leylandii<\/em>)\u00a0is winter hardy in the Southern Appalachian region (USDA zones 6 and 7). It is frequently regarded as\u00a0&#8220;the&#8221; conifer for Southern states. Its growth rate, compared to other evergreen conifers, is horrendously fast, with young established plants growing 3 feet or more annually. A young 2-3 foot specimen may\u00a0reach 25 to 30 feet tall in only ten years.\u00a0A 50 to\u00a060 foot tall Leyland screen is a common sight.<\/p>\n<p>At planting time Leyland should be spaced\u00a016 to 18 feet apart <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">and no closer<\/span>. An alternative design is to plant\u00a0each 8 foot apart and eliminate (or transplant) every other Leyland\u00a0within 3-4 years.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Plant Leyland in full day sun and in fertile well-drained soil. A new planting should start off irrigated\u00a0the first two summers. Backup irrigation during severe summer dry periods is highly advised to prevent disease flareups.<\/p>\n<p>What attracts gardeners to plant\u00a0Leylands is the soft green sprays of evergreen foliage. Numerous cultivars are available, and\u00a0three commonly planted include: \u2018Haggerston Grey\u2019 (green needles with slight gray cast), \u2018Leighton Green\u2019 (rich green), and \u2018Gold Rider\u2019 (yellow with green tips).<\/p>\n<p>Crowded and\/or shaded plants are susceptible to any of three serious fungal\u00a0diseases: <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Cercospora needle blight<\/span>,\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Botryosphaeria canker<\/span>,\u00a0and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Seiridium canker<\/span>. Occasionally, bagworms populations may ravage Leyland foliage in late spring. Fungicide and\u00a0pest\u00a0spraying are mostly ineffective\u00a0due to the enormous size of Leyland cypress.<\/p>\n<p>Leyland is now\u00a0commercially grown as a Christmas tree in the deep South, where fraser fir trees\u00a0do not thrive. Leyland\u2019s foliage displays exceptional sea salt tolerance, making it a good wind barrier\u00a0around coastal areas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leyland Cypress Leyland cypress (xCupressocyparis x leylandii)\u00a0is winter hardy in the Southern Appalachian region (USDA zones 6 and 7). It is frequently regarded as\u00a0&#8220;the&#8221; conifer for Southern states. Its growth rate, compared to other evergreen conifers, is horrendously fast, with young established plants growing 3 feet or more annually. A young 2-3 foot specimen may\u00a0reach [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[444,772,650,800,604,649,774,648,843,601,777,630,646,113],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598"}],"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=598"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3726,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598\/revisions\/3726"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}