Tens of thousands of people have been in dispute over hedges There are 55 million leylandii in the UK and there will soon be one for every person - but with thousands of people locked in disputes over ...

A couple who claimed their neighbour's 36ft trees were making their lives a misery have won a battle to have them chopped down. George McMillan, 72, and his wife had been locked in a lengthy dispute ...

What kind of malevolent genius, one can’t help but wonder as you gaze upon her handiwork, would think of using leylandii against her enemies? For, as these astonishing pictures appear to reveal, that ...

Leylandii owners could face fines of up to £1,000 if they fail to cut down their high hedge when ordered to. New legislation coming in to force on Wednesday means local authorities can intervene in ...

As work begins on site the non-native Leylandii trees bordering the treatment works can be seen Non-native trees are being removed in east Cumbria as part of £6.7m project at a water treatment plant.

James Corden has waded into his third spat with neighbours in eight months as local residents speak of their fury that his 32ft-high leylandii is blocking the light. There's fresh woe for the TV ...

Botanists searching the remote mountain jungles of Vietnam for rare orchids have stumbled upon a rather more unwelcome specimen – the long-lost cousin of that scourge of suburbia, the leylandii hedge.

Many trees are removed because of safety implications, yet trees are rarely lethal. But one tree that's continually associated with violence is the Leyland cypress, x Cupressocyparis leylandii. It can ...

Leylandii hedges not only trouble neighbours, but also impoverish the soil around them creating difficult planting conditions Credit: Photo: RICHARD BLOOM It was with a touch of devilment and not a ...

Tens of thousands of people have been in dispute over hedges There are 55 million leylandii in the UK and there will soon be one for every person - but with thousands of people locked in disputes over ...