tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595983014626235642.post3719269151584591690..comments2023-12-22T11:51:38.762+01:00Comments on The story of our life returning to England from Braye-sous-Faye: The perfect LeylandiiColin and Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15990185210945021818noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595983014626235642.post-33613810965144324432012-04-21T09:25:35.911+02:002012-04-21T09:25:35.911+02:00Whenever we visit it is always like this! One day ...Whenever we visit it is always like this! One day I'll post a pic of the other hedge in Le Petit-Pressigny...GaynorBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12971753467966206018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595983014626235642.post-47325907268190864352012-04-21T09:23:28.612+02:002012-04-21T09:23:28.612+02:00Could be, Jean. It's certainly not us!!Could be, Jean. It's certainly not us!!GaynorBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12971753467966206018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595983014626235642.post-28742290876151379152012-04-21T09:22:45.472+02:002012-04-21T09:22:45.472+02:00Janice,
There's my Tim and Pauline's Tim....Janice,<br /><br />There's my Tim and Pauline's Tim. Neither has a hedge like this one!<br /><br />The house is for sale though...GaynorBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12971753467966206018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595983014626235642.post-6148293458551205232012-04-19T13:17:54.547+02:002012-04-19T13:17:54.547+02:00I wonder if the house owners are related to Hyacin...I wonder if the house owners are related to Hyacinth Bouquet ??!!Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09726164724131916224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595983014626235642.post-57856152217737093972012-04-18T05:52:18.329+02:002012-04-18T05:52:18.329+02:00We have about ten overgrown leylandii in our back ...We have about ten overgrown leylandii in our back garden in England. They are enormous and have no redeeming value. But can I get my husband to get rid of them? No! No! and No! The hedge in your pictures does look beautiful, but I do wonder if it is not something else.The Broadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04976467218216864644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595983014626235642.post-59452521446345459462012-04-17T22:32:11.726+02:002012-04-17T22:32:11.726+02:00Susan... because it wouldn't have birds nestin...Susan... because it wouldn't have birds nesting in it... or a huge amount of insects and spiders there either!!Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16439261142732764451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595983014626235642.post-76559729386909666192012-04-17T22:31:06.759+02:002012-04-17T22:31:06.759+02:00Cut like this, I doubt if it is actually Leyladii....Cut like this, I doubt if it is actually Leyladii... probably one of the other, slower growing, non-hybrid Cypress... or even Thuja plicata... much easier to train... doesn't need whips or electric prods!!<br /><br />Also please note... the tallest Leyland Cypress presently documented, growing in Powys, is over 130 ft (40 metres) in height and still growing... you were very sensible to get rid of them!!<br /><br />But they do have their uses... they are a fabulous 'first growth' shelter to establish less hardy trees behind... and then get clear felled!!<br /><br />Also looking at this hedge, one expects all pencils to be in a row on the desk in size order and every bit of furniture to be an exact distance from two, possibly three, walls!!Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16439261142732764451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595983014626235642.post-88991660054809652792012-04-17T18:28:59.224+02:002012-04-17T18:28:59.224+02:00I need a Tim .......I think one would be very usef...I need a Tim .......I think one would be very useful. This is incredibly impressive.Janicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05449652020751269674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595983014626235642.post-69141113954992425032012-04-17T18:17:25.658+02:002012-04-17T18:17:25.658+02:00I always look at this sort of thing and think '...I always look at this sort of thing and think 'why didn't he build a wall?'Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06472449597146519943noreply@blogger.com