Leyland Cypress trees are beautiful but need proper planting and pruning, careful landscape considerations, and have certain pest concerns.

Don’t worry, homeowners: your Leyland cypress shrubs are not sick. But, they might be dead.After an usually extreme winter filled with harsh temperatures, several feet of snow, ice and a pola… ...

Problems are prevalent in Southern magnolias, pines, ornamental cherries and Leyland cypress trees. Leyland cypress are fast-growing, evergreen trees, reaching 50 feet tall by 25 feet wide.

Leyland cypress and red-tipped photinia have a lot in common. Both are plants you may want to avoid because they end up being problems. Fortunately, most garden centers no longer sell the photinia.… ...

Leyland cypress is a hybridized evergreen conifer known for its extremely fast growth (easily 3 feet per season). It has lovely bluish-green color throughout the year and handsome form. It has a ...

Q.I live in northwest New Jersey, where I have four 10-foot-tall Leyland cypress trees growing in my back yard. This past week, I noticed a clear to white liquid substance on the needles of the tre… ...

Leyland Cypress, X Cupressocyparis leylandi, was thought to be the plant world’s equivalent of a mule. Its parents are the Monterey Cypress ( Cupressus macrocarpa) and the Alaskan Cypress (of ...

Common name: Naylor’s Blue Leyland cypress Botanical name: Cupressocyparis leylandii hybrid Growth habit: Large pyramidal form; loosely branched and open. Size: From 10 to 15 feet wide and fr… ...

Leyland cypress are susceptible to die-back when they are planted too close together. The dense foliage restricts air circulation, so foliage doesn’t dry quickly. Then you have fungal pathogens ...