Fast growing ones like cupressus leylandii are particularly popular, because they provide a high green wall in little time.
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The bill has proposed a definition of a high hedge at two metres, formed by a row or two of evergreens, such as the fast-growing leylandii, which forms a barrier to light.
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With pluck and cunning he outwits the man from the car pool, but tastes defeat over the leylandii when Mr Blair's office decides that Middle England will brook no interference with its gardens.