{"id":605,"date":"2011-01-18T12:00:05","date_gmt":"2011-01-18T17:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/?p=605"},"modified":"2011-01-09T13:13:54","modified_gmt":"2011-01-09T18:13:54","slug":"stop-the-leyland-madness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/2011\/01\/18\/stop-the-leyland-madness\/","title":{"rendered":"Stop the Leyland Madness"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_732\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Cupressocyp-leylandi.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-732\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-732\" title=\"Cupressocyp leylandi\" src=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Cupressocyp-leylandi-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Cupressocyp-leylandi-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Cupressocyp-leylandi-1024x685.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-732\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Leylands Gone Wild!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Leyland cypress\u00a0(x <em>Cupressocyparis leylandii<\/em>) is a tall, fast growing evergreen tree or shrub. Many are planted as privacy screens. Ask yourself,\u00a0should you really\u00a0plant a 50 foot barrier between you and\u00a0your neighbor(s)?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In the Southern Appalachian region (USDA hardiness zones 6 and 7), there are\u00a0shorter and better evergreen choices. In the 12-16 foot category:<\/p>\n<p>Boxwood (<em>Buxus spp<\/em>. and hybrids)<\/p>\n<p>Plum yew (<em>Cephalotaxus harringtonia<\/em>) \u2018Fastigiata\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Hinoki cypress (<em>Chamaecyparis obtusa<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p>Japanese falsecypress (<em>Chamaecyparis pisifera<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p>Dwarf Burford holly (<em>Ilex cornuta<\/em> \u2018Dwarf Burford\u2019)- clipped<\/p>\n<p>Inkberry (<em>Ilex glabra<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p>Foster holly (<em>Ilex x attenuata<\/em>)- clipped<\/p>\n<p>American holly <em>(Ilex opaca<\/em>)- clipped<\/p>\n<p>Nellie R. Stevens holly (<em>Ilex<\/em> x \u2018Nellie R. Stevens\u2019)- clipped<\/p>\n<p>Skip laurel (<em>Prunus laurocerasus<\/em> \u2018Schipkaensis\u2019)<\/p>\n<p>Yew (<em>Taxus spp<\/em>.)- upright or fastigiate forms<\/p>\n<p>Eastern arborvitae (<em>Thuja occidentalis<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p>Leatherleaf viburnum (<em>Viburnum rhytidophyllum<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p>Prague viburnum (<em>Viburnum<\/em> x <em>pragense<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p>Leyland cypress is susceptible to three serious canker diseases, in which\u00a0pruning is the\u00a0principal curative remedy. Leyland is also susceptible to bagworms. Their enormous growing height makes pesticide spraying and pruning\u00a0options\u00a0almost impractable and costly.<\/p>\n<p>From\u00a0the start,\u00a0don&#8217;t plant leylands closer than 12 feet apart (recommend 16 feet spacing). Plants will touch within 4 years after planting. During the first three summers, young leylands require deep watering as they&#8217;re not drought tolerant.\u00a0A 2-3 \u00a0inch mulching\u00a0depth in the row aids in conserving soil moisture.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leyland cypress\u00a0(x Cupressocyparis leylandii) is a tall, fast growing evergreen tree or shrub. Many are planted as privacy screens. Ask yourself,\u00a0should you really\u00a0plant a 50 foot barrier between you and\u00a0your neighbor(s)?\u00a0 In the Southern Appalachian region (USDA hardiness zones 6 and 7), there are\u00a0shorter and better evergreen choices. In the 12-16 foot category: Boxwood (Buxus [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[650,5,649,648,630,7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/605"}],"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=605"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/605\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3719,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/605\/revisions\/3719"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}