Cupressocyparis leylandii Leighton Green
17 growers · 8 sizes · from $1.70 ex GST
- Type
- Evergreen conifer
- Height
- 10 m to 15 m
- Spread
- 2 m to 3 m
- Growth
- Fast
- Sun
- Full sun; the RHS also gives part shade
- Salt wind
- Tolerant
- Frost
- Tolerates light to heavy frost by South Australia's Plant Selector for its two cultivars
- In Australia
- Not native
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- ForsterianaDarawank, NSW
- PlantbizNSW
Growing leighton Green
South Australia's Plant Selector entry for this clone gives full sun and a deep, well-drained soil, clay, loam or sand of any pH, with minimal extra watering. It lists the clone as tolerating drought, light to heavy frost and some salt exposure. HortFlora, writing of the hybrid as a whole, says it will not grow well in Canberra.
Pruning. The Plant Selector says it responds well to pruning when a tight hedge is wanted, and warns that it will get quite large if it is not kept to the height wanted.
Problems. No Australian reference read lists pests or diseases for Leighton Green. The Leyland cypress page gives the hybrid's clipping advice and the British and American pest and disease reports.
Using leighton Green
South Australia's Plant Selector lists this clone for screens, hedges and wind protection. For the hybrid as a whole, HortFlora says it is widely used as a shelter or windbreak and the RHS lists it for hedging and screens, while HortFlora advises caution in a home garden because the hybrid grows so fast to so large a size. No reference read gives planting centres for Leighton Green. For gold foliage instead, see Castlewellan Gold.
What to check before you buy
Growers list it under Cupressocyparis leylandii and under Cupressus leylandii, as Leighton Green, Leighton's Green or L.green; the references write it Leighton Green (HortFlora, the North Carolina toolbox) and Leightons Green (the Plant Selector). Quote the clone by name when comparing growers. The HortOS guide on hedgerows and windbreaks for small farms covers designing and planting a windbreak. Stock moving between states travels under the state and territory biosecurity rules on moving plants and soil.
Used forhedging and screeningwindbreak
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Common questions
- Who grows Cupressocyparis leylandii Leighton Green wholesale in Australia?
- 17 wholesale growers list Cupressocyparis leylandii Leighton Green on HortOS right now, each with their own pot sizes and trade prices. They are in Victoria, Queensland, New South Wales, Tasmania and South Australia. The growers are named on this page.
- What pot sizes does Cupressocyparis leylandii Leighton Green come in?
- Growers on HortOS list Cupressocyparis leylandii Leighton Green in Tube, 140mm, 200mm, 300mm, 330mm, 400mm, 45L and 100L.
- What does Cupressocyparis leylandii Leighton Green cost wholesale?
- The median trade price in a 140 mm pot is $7.13 ex GST, across 4 growers who price it. Prices by pot size and state are on its trade price page.
- How do I order Cupressocyparis leylandii Leighton Green from these growers?
- HortOS is for the trade. Add the lines you want to a list and send it: each grower gets their part of the order by email, confirms what they have and quotes freight, and nothing is bought until you approve it. Listing, searching and ordering are free.
- How tall does Leighton Green grow?
- South Australia's Plant Selector gives 10 to 15 m high and 2 to 3 m wide, and warns it gets quite large if it is not kept to the height wanted. For the hybrid as a whole the references read give 10 to 30 m, and HortFlora says most of its cultivars grow extremely rapidly.
- Is Leighton Green good for a hedge?
- The Plant Selector lists it for screens, hedges and wind protection and says it responds well to pruning when a tight hedge is wanted. For the hybrid, the RHS advises clipping two or three times a growing season, cutting only young green shoots.
- Where did Leighton Green come from?
- It was raised at Leighton Hall in Wales in 1911, the year the Leyland cypress cross was made a second time there, and introduced in Britain about 1935, by HortFlora.
- Is Leighton Green drought and frost tolerant?
- South Australia's Plant Selector lists it as tolerating drought and light to heavy frost, with minimal extra watering. HortFlora says the hybrid will not grow well in Canberra.
- What colour is Leighton Green?
- The references disagree: pale yellowish green by HortFlora, deep green by South Australia's Plant Selector and rich green by the North Carolina toolbox.
Sources
- GBIF species API and World Flora Online name matching (the hybrid's accepted name)
- HortFlora, the horticultural flora of south-eastern Australia (Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria): ×Cupressocyparis leylandii and its cultivar 'Leighton Green'
- Plant Selector+ (Botanic Gardens and State Herbarium of South Australia): Cupressocyparis leylandii 'Leightons Green'
- Australian Plant Name Index and Australian Plant Census: no name held for the hybrid
- North Carolina State Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox: x Hesperotropsis leylandii and its cultivars
- Royal Horticultural Society, plant profile: ×Cuprocyparis leylandii (the hybrid)
- The HortOS guide (hedgerows and windbreaks for small farms)
The growers, sizes and prices above are live and change as lists arrive. Cite this page: HortOS, Leighton Green (×Hesperotropsis leylandii 'Leighton Green'), https://au.hortosapp.com/plants/cupressocyparis-leylandii-leighton-green.
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