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| i planted 8 leyland cypress about 2 weeks ago.
they are spaced roughly 6 feet apart. we had a few days of moderate to strong wind and 6 out of 8 tree have their tips somehow leaning or drooping...should i be concerned? |
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- Posted by ken_adrian z5 (My Page) on Sun, Apr 15, 12 at 11:54
| tips only or whole tree??? describe your watering protocol ... since planting ... any chance at a picture?? ken |
Here is a link that might be useful: how to post pix
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- Posted by gardengal48 PNW zone 8 (My Page) on Sun, Apr 15, 12 at 16:12
| Drooping tips on Leyland cypress is pretty much SOP. The entire 100' long hedge of 20' tall Leylands next door have uniform drooping tips. Can you post a photo?? That's really the only way to be sure this is just par for the course or if you may indeed have a problem. |
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- Posted by mackel_in_dfw (My Page) on Sun, Apr 15, 12 at 21:29
| Leyland cypress is a very unfortunate choice for Dallas. I bet over half of the established ones I have seen croaked last year. But the nurseries still sell them. Monocultures of any type, in addition, monumentally increases the chance of a devastating disease in a tough environment like ours. Variety is what pushes disease pressures down. It's time to start over before the heartache begins. Best wishes. |
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| Otherwise the main problem with this is it shoots up quick, is therefore pretty much always root-bound when purchased and planted. You should have inspected the roots and made corrections at planting, so none of them blow over later, when the tops get big and heavy. |
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| i have pictures, but do not know how to post them...any help welcome |
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- Posted by ken_adrian z5 (My Page) on Mon, Apr 16, 12 at 13:11
| i gave you a link on HOW TO POST PIX... ken |
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| here are some pictures..... when i took the picture the wind was calm, you can notice that one of the tree is perfectly staright...all the others...NOT |
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| pics |
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| sorry..so many posting. |
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| Yikes, you would have been soooo much better off (well actually your landscape would have been) if you had started with smaller trees. Within a few years, the smaller trees would have caught up with and maybe even have surpassed these. Your cost, your labor, and your chances of success would have been much better. Also, ditto what Mackel said. As Ken said, "describe your watering protocol ... since planting ..." If these do happen to make it and do well, do you realize how huge they can get? I hate to give you (or reiterate) all the bad news, but I'm assuming you want the truth instead of a sugar-coated answer. |
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| darn....that goes to show how much I know about trees and gardening... the cost wasnt too bad, i think, each tree was $45,but yes, I did bust my *** planting the darn trees. The whole idea was to create a barrier of sort for the pool. I watered them every day, with a hose, for the first 4 or 5 days, for about a minute or so each, however we had a few thunderstorms and rain in the days I did not water them, so, we can say they got water pretty much every day since I planted them. the last round of weather, this past weekend, i think dropped something like an inch or so of water. At this point, they are in the ground and I hope thay can make it, unfortunately I had not idea what I was getting into to begin with.
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| BTW, thank you Ken for the link on how to post pictures. |
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| Recommend you water them thoroughly then try to straighten them and stake for about a year. Wife had some planted 8 yrs ago and they have spread out at least 5-6 ft. in all directions from the trunk at the base. Yours will be growing into everything. While these trees grow fast, they are not drought resistant and are prone to disease and bagworms. We lost 8 of them last year and are not replanting with anymore. Arizona Cypress (ex. : Carolina Sapphire cultivar), Eastern Red Cedar, or Italian Cypress all tend to do much better in this area. Live Oak, Yaupon, and Holly are other good evergreen choices for screens. |
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| Grows over 100' tall in suitable climates. Known over 40' wide in my area. |
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| Check out section 12 of the linked article for watering tips. |
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