Thanks @Borderline am going to do tomorrow. I was hoping I wouldn’t have to as some of them are quite high, but I guess I just need to get over it and get the snips out!
Hi @benjamin_06 - I know this was back in 2020, but i was wondering if you have an update on the laurel you planted in your garden? I've just planted some and would love to see how yours developed over the almost past three years? if you have a photograph, I'd love to see! Thanks
@Planting_Lizzie@Fairygirl May be able to give you the link to the very long but interesting thread on here. She posts regularly so will see this soon I am sure. It is very long hope very interesting but hope you can speed read.Suze
I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
I can guarantee that the hessian is not an issue and i've never seen it removed in all my years planting hessian wrapped units commercially. Thats not to say you cant but its pretty pointless. The rootball will just crumble and you'll have a loose plant that gets thrown about in the wind or just slumps over under its own weight.
I gave the link on the first page of this thread @GardenerSuze - same as the one Lyn's posted Answers and advice have been given on the other thread Planting_ Lizzie started though.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Indeed @GardenerSuze! The thing is - it's quite simple with laurel. If you have poor, light, shallow soil, they'll struggle to establish. If you have the opposite, it's pretty easy. They need lots of water [same as any shrub or tree] when planted, especially if planted in spring or summer, and even in autumn/winter if you're in a drier area, where rainfall can be in short supply. If they don't have sufficient moisture, the roots won't get down properly - and that goes hand in hand with those shallow soil conditions. If you buy large specimens, it's a waste of money, as they establish best when smaller, so you have to cut those big ones back. The closer you plant them, the better the conditions would have to be for them
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Hi @Planting_Lizzie the hedge looks great, it is extremely dense - can't see next doors garden at all - and I've kept it to about 2m high so it is also just above the fence now I've also kept it quite compact so it is about 2 foot deep, I do trim it a lot which helps to thicken it My advice would be to follow everyone's advice and not be concerned about cutting it back hard as it clearly works wonders I'll try and post some photos at some point
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https://forum.gardenersworld.com/discussion/656523/help-needed-please-with-laurel-hedge-issues/p1
Answers and advice have been given on the other thread Planting_ Lizzie started though.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
The thing is - it's quite simple with laurel. If you have poor, light, shallow soil, they'll struggle to establish. If you have the opposite, it's pretty easy.
They need lots of water [same as any shrub or tree] when planted, especially if planted in spring or summer, and even in autumn/winter if you're in a drier area, where rainfall can be in short supply. If they don't have sufficient moisture, the roots won't get down properly - and that goes hand in hand with those shallow soil conditions.
If you buy large specimens, it's a waste of money, as they establish best when smaller, so you have to cut those big ones back.
The closer you plant them, the better the conditions would have to be for them
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I've also kept it quite compact so it is about 2 foot deep, I do trim it a lot which helps to thicken it
My advice would be to follow everyone's advice and not be concerned about cutting it back hard as it clearly works wonders
I'll try and post some photos at some point