Neighbours' trees

[Hugo]

Drilling a good size hole your side of the fence, even if you have to lean over, then put some of that stuff garden centres sell for killing roots in the hole, then put a piece of small branch from the same tree in the hole and tap it in, then it's very hard to see if anything has been done to the tree.
That way you will still be friends with your neighbours.
This does work as I have seen it done to a family members neighbour. 
Remember to wash your hands afterwards.

[djh]

There's a very good set of pages at http://www.communities.gov.uk/planningandbuilding/planning/treeshighhedges/highhedges/  One thing I didn't know before is that you can send the bill for trimming your side of the hedge to your neighbours if they don't maintain it themselves.

I would have thought that your insurance company would be interested if the trees touch your house.

[shiela_robins]

You wouldn't do those things to a tree would you? We have enough deforestation and trees being cut down to pave way for a parking lot or a road already.   Blame the neighbors, but give the tree some huggin.   

[desperate]

Yeah quite right sheila

Surreptitiously killing a tree is a low down mean trick if you ask me. Also  if you remove a big tree that is near anyones foundations the reduced water extraction rate is gonna make the ground do all sorts of nasty things, and you're gonna feel like a right dingbat if your house cracks up, that is why the bylaw recommends any tree near a building should only be reduced by a third at any one time.

Desperate

[noelsquibb]

You wouldn't do those things to a tree would you?

No not to a tree but we are talking about a hedge or ornamental shrub that has sneakily taken over a lot of space and light.

They are lovely plants when they are young or properly cut back but everyone allows them to grow and grow and grow .....

Then the owners are petrified to touch em because of the huge hole they will create, or they simply enjoy pi55ing off their neighbours.

Frott has created an entire control centre and heatstore, for his 'dounut o delite' install, in the dead zone at the base of one humungus leylandii and could still fit a small bungalow in the remaining dead zone.

Please dont compare leylandii with trees.

As for the sin of slowly killing any plant, we can be principled until they blight our existence, then its a bit like having rats or mice running around inside your house ....

noel

[renewablejohn]

leylandii are not trees but glorified weeds and should be treated as such.

[Justme]

No not to a tree but we are talking about a hedge or ornamental shrub

Please dont compare leylandii with trees.


noel

I see it the other way.


Leylandi ARE trees but get used as hedges when they should not be.

[billi]

they should be banned as a hedging plant 

[shiela_robins]

Oh sorry for the mix up  , I was referring to this

Did you say you needed a copper ground source heat pump circuit installing at the side of some neighbors conifer trees.

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"Onestop" drain cleaner by the end of this growing season they will have very brown dead trees droping hundrens of needle in their garden

[renewablejohn]

You wouldn't do those things to a tree would you? We have enough deforestation and trees being cut down to pave way for a parking lot or a road already.   Blame the neighbors, but give the tree some huggin.   

Sheila

We have a specialist conifer nursery near use which has over 350 different varieties of beautiful conifers so why would anybody want to plant the weed leylandii.

[desperate]

Doesn't matter a hoot that you consider them to be weeds,other peeps may love em, anyone killing lumps out of the neighbours garden is in for a fight. I do agree though that Leylandii are planted in inappropriate places and are far too large for the average  border/boundary.

Desperate

[renewablejohn]

If you want a fast growing commercial woodland tree easy to propagate then leylandii are ideal and used widely in New Zealand. But please not in a back garden near to houses.

[PeedOftec]

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A "weed" is any plant that is in the wrong place at the wrong time.. or so I was told at agricultural college many moons ago....

If you fancy taking it on legally then be prepared for a long drawn out process and have deep pockets.... I speak from experience...

My altercation with the neighbour took about 9 years to sort, solicitors fees, surveyors fees, barrister's fees, court fees, and I "won" the case. Yet at the end of the day I was STILL about 10K out of pocket.

The old addage "there are no winners" is incorrect, the winners are the solicitors laughing all the way to the bank....
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