Caring for cypress Leylandii properly
The Leylandii cypress is also called the bastard cypress and is a hybrid form that has been crossed between the Nootka false cypress and Monterrey cypress. In Great Britain, the Leylandii cypress is particularly popular as a hedge plant, because the Leylandii is very easy to care for, without high demands.
The Leylandii cypress is an evergreen tree
- The Leylandii cypress grows extremely quickly, because within a year, in its youth, it steadily gains a meter in height. Your crown runs broadly columnar with some overhanging branch tips. The branches themselves look flat and are very densely populated with scale-like needles.
- In Germany, too, the Leylandii cypress is usually found as a hedge plant, although it does not tolerate cuts into old wood well. But it is so frugal that it even grows on nutrient-poor soil. However, it is useful to prepare good, nutrient-rich, composted soil for the Leylandii cypress in order to get a strong plant.
- The robust, evergreen and disease-resistant plant is very hardy and frost-resistant. She tolerates even the most varied of locations. However, a partially shaded to sunny location would be better suited to get a vigorously growing plant. The Leylandii cypress can even withstand drought for a long time. Of course, it is useful that it does not have to experience drought for too long - but also under no circumstances has to experience waterlogging.
- Due to its slender growth, the Leylandii cypress does not need much space and can confidently wedge itself into each other as a hedge with its branches. But since it can grow up to 15 m high and 3 m wide, it should be pruned regularly and correctly. Prune the Leylandii cypress in spring when new shoots can be seen.
- Always cut the Leylandii cypress evenly on its sides so that a trapezoid is created as a hedge - or a pointed shape for a solitary plant. Also keep in mind that the Leylandii cypress has to be cut at its head, otherwise it can grow too high very quickly and thus slow down the incidence of sunlight.
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- The particular advantage of the Leylandii cypress is that it does not bald. Since the plant is offered very young in most nurseries, it is easy to plant. To do this, dig a hole in the ground that is twice the size of the root ball and water the root ball once before planting. Loosen up the soil a little inside the planting hole so that the plant can grow more easily.
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