The popular and easily recognisable Leylandii Gold hedge is a favourite hedge in gardens across the country. It has a golden yellow foliage, which with age can turn into more of a bronze shade. Popular for its fast growing nature (but not as quick as Green Leylandii), the Leylandii Gold is a multi-purpose hedge, perfect for use as a protective windshield for any wind burdened garden whether large or small. It can also help to filter out both pollution and noise.
Its shape is more conical but does produce a dense, bushy effect which is great at providing wildlife with shelter and your garden with shade in the hotter months. It can be kept at any height and in any shape you desire, so long as it is pruned regularly in the spring or summer to prevent it growing out of control. If left untrimmed it can grow up to two feet a year.
It makes for a great topiary hedge, especially with its golden yellow colouring, making its shape stand out against your other plants and darker hedges. The Leylandii Gold can tolerate being planted in any soil including chalk and clay. It prefers a sunnier spot but does well in part shade too. It can grow well in either sheltered or exposed sites and loves residing in coastal areas.
When you come to planting your Golden Leylandii we would recommend setting them two feet apart so they can grow and connect into one hedge. If you are wanting your hedge to be taller or to act as a windbreak, then plant them apart around a quarter of the proposed height. Why not have look at the range of Golden Leylandii hedging plants we have available? For more information on this plant or any of our other hedging varieties, contact our specialist team members for more information.
Golden Leylandii hedges are coniferous and are hence susceptible to damage by small aphids. Follow our handy guide to protect your hedges from Cypress Aphids. Additionally, if your hedge begins to exhibit signs of poor growth, it may be the case that it is affected by a fungal disease, such as Honey Fungus. If you would like to learn more about this, please take a look at our guide.
If you would like further instruction on how to suitably feed your Leylandii Gold Hedge, take a look on our handy guide here.
If you would like to find out more about height maintenance for your Leylandii Gold hedging plant, have a look at our ‘How High Can I Grow My Hedge?‘ guide.
Delivery leadtimes update – April 2025
Spring is our busiest time of year and we are working through orders as fast as we can to get your plants delivered. To give you an accurate idea of when your order will arrive, these are the current leadtimes (delivery is 1-2 days after despatch):
– Orders containing only bare roots – despatch within 5 working days.
– Orders containing only root balls, or root balls and bare roots – despatch within 10 working days.
– All orders containing potted plants – despatch within 14 working days.
Delivery is free for most orders above our free delivery thresholds, these are displayed above our prices in the product listings and summarized below. If you don’t need that many plants it’s not a problem, you can choose to pay our delivery charge and only order what you need.
Delivery is convenient – no signature is required so you don’t need to wait in, we will leave your parcel in the safe place that you nominate.
Delivery is fast – because we pick orders daily from our own growing beds your plants only travel the small hop to our packing shed before being sent to you, they are usually delivered within 5-7 working days.
Delivery is reliable – we have been selling and delivering Hedging Plants to our customers nationwide since 1992. We have a lot of experience in packing them safely and only use tried and tested delivery partners.
Smaller Plants (Parcel Delivery)
| Location | Order Value | Price |
| UK Mainland excluding Highlands | Up to £90 | £15.00 |
| UK Mainland excluding Highlands | Over £90 | Free |
| Scottish Highlands and Isle of Wight | All orders | £24.00 |
Heavy Plants (Pallet Delivery)
| Location | Order Value | Price |
| UK Mainland excluding Highlands | Up to £420 | £72.00 |
| UK Mainland excluding Highlands | Over £420 | Free |
| Scottish Highlands and Isle of Wight | All orders | £72.00 |
Tall Plants 2.5m+ (Specialist Delivery)
| Location | Order Value | Price |
| UK Mainland excluding Highlands | Under £1800 | Please call us |
| UK Mainland excluding Highlands | Over £1800 | Free |
| Scottish Highlands and Isle of Wight | All orders | Not available |
Exceptions to our delivery charges are Scottish Highland and Isle of Wight delivery areas where we need to charge a little extra to cover the cost of deliveries to these outlying areas. We don’t currently delivery to other offshore addresses including Northern Ireland and Southern Ireland.
Tall plants over 2.5 metres have to be delivered by our own specialised transport, our delivery area is limited to mainland England and Wales only.
Please note there is a minimum order value of £50 for orders containing smaller plants and £250 for orders containing heavier plants
Complete delivery information can be viewed on our Delivery Information page
