Let There Be Light

[johnw]

Yesterday the neighbor's 30 year old Chamaecyparis nootkatensis came down in 30 minutes.  It was close to the property line and so caused a bit of apprehension when the tree removal company arrived. All went well.

Good to have it gone but it was a beautiful tree.  It was however plunging my garden into utter gloom and darkness to say nothing of the water it sucked up.  A former resident bought it as a Mountbatten Juniper and the nursery said it would grow no taller than 2 metres, the tree pruner was convinced it was a Cedar of Lebanon.

Not a plant was damaged, not even a big clump of Soldanella villosa on which several large sprays fell.

johnw

[Brian Ellis]

Not a plant was damaged, not even a big clump of Soldanella villosa on which several large sprays fell.

Sighs of relief all round no doubt, what a difference it will make to your plants John

[Lesley Cox]

It's exciting when a large and mostly unloved tree is felled. It's like having a gread burden lifted from one's shoulders and the flooding in of light is renewing and regenerating (tautology, I suppose).

[Anthony Darby]

When my parents moved into their house in Callander, Perthshire in 1971. I was a student at the time and I built a greenhouse and aviary at the back of the property. The neighbours behind complained that is spoiled their view. We pointed out that the summer after we moved in, and whilst we were away on holiday, they had removed 2' from the top of their hedge, thus spoiling their own view. My mother compromised and offered to plant a hedge on our side. My dad and I built a 3' high embankment against the wall adjoining the properties and we planted 30 leylandii! We moved in 1976, before it grew, but as the wall was to the north of our property it would not shade the garden. When it was finally felled not so long ago the hedge was approaching 40' tall! This wasn't the reason it was felled. The current occupants (who run our old house as 'Poppies Hotel') decided to build another house where my aviary and greenhouse used to be!

[Paul T]

Congratulations on the happy event John!! 

[johnw]

we planted 30 leylandii! We moved in 1976, before it grew, but as the wall was to the north of our property it would not shade the garden. When it was finally felled not so long ago the hedge was approaching 40' tall!

We can only be thankful leylandii isn't hardy here!

johnw - it snowed this morning in Fermont, PQ and Labrador City.

[mark smyth]

There are some massive Leylandii hedges in my town that mut be annoying neighbours