If, like me, you heard this on the radio this morning, you too might have punched the air, particularly if, like us, your garden is in shade due to some 25m high leylandii trees.
The shade is annoying, but the fact they have been allowed to get so tall, and tend to topple onto our property during storms is the worst bit, and the neighbours are absent, making the situation.. difficult..
Unfortunately, the fact that aphids are attacking these trees, won’t help us at all. if they are sick, they are probably even more likely to fall…
oh well…
So these dashed trees have a use after all: aphid food. Why not keep an eye on your neighbour’s trees. If they became infested (for example, and perish the thought, if someone accidently opened a jar full of these beasties nearby) it might be possible to get them condemned by the council. Then they would have to be removed. Oh dear.
good point. in fact, come to think of it.. they do look a little peeky to me……
The last couple of owners of our croft both planted leylandii around the place to provide “privacy”, which is a bit strange given that we live in the country and only have a couple of neighbours. None of whom can see inside the steading, much less inside the house.
The leylandii in the front garden were planted to close to a mortared stone wall and after just four years were already causing it to heave and buckle. All 20 were chopped down within a fortnight of moving in.
The half dozen inside the steading were older and more substantial, but also close to drystone dyke and overhanging a road. They really needed to be felled by a professional with insurance, but our winter storms with 70-80mph winds have been clearing them nicely at no cost! And fortunately no damage to the house, dyke or passing traffic. Yet…
lets hope it stays that way, and the come down without harm all by themselves.
Leylandii can be very useful in the right place. They are so rarely planted in the right place!!