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Laurel Planting

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  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    To be honest @andrew.twigg - once they establish, the small ones will quickly catch up and usually become better specimens.  :)
    If you don't have high rainfall, like Lyn and I have, the most important thing is not to let them dry out. Planting in autumn helps that though. A good mulch after planting will also be beneficial.
    I've used Hopes Grove Nursery for hedges in the past, and always found them good. 
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    This the company I used, I felt that if they had been grown in Scotland they would be hardened to all weather.  I didn’t lose one.  Plant about 2ft apart. 
    https://www.scotplantsdirect.co.uk/hedging/bare-root-hedge/laurel-hedging-prunus-plants/rotundifolia-common-laurel-hedge-60-90cm.html
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    I've got two separate shrubs here -  looking rather attractive just now - full of big glossy berries  :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    Unfortunately mine has never had flowers, undergardener cuts it back about three times a year. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

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