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Leyland Cypress: Monster

Monday, February 13th, 2012

A dense evergreen as wide as your living room and six stories tall.  That’s what you are committing to when you plant Leyland Cypress.  They are inexpensive.  They are fast-growing.   They are readily available at the big-box stores as well as specialty nurseries.  So you buy a few to make a hedge and in a [...]