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Removing Laurel hedge flowers

Dan1974Dan1974 Posts: 17
Hello. 

A couple of years ago, we planted half a dozen laurels at the front of our house to eventually form a hedge. They have been growing steadily but in the last few weeks they have begun flowering vigorously. 



I want them to put on as much leafy growth as possible. The question is if I were to remove the flowers, would this stimulate more leaf growth or would it prove detrimental to the plants? 

Thanks for your thoughts. 

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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    The hedge should be regularly trimmed. This will thicken the hedge and encourage growth and you are also then less likely to get the flowers. 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • Bee witchedBee witched Posts: 1,295
    Hi @Dan1974,

    Those flowers are great for bees .... if it was my hedge I'd leave them  ... but then I am a beekeeper  

    Bee x
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    Gardener and beekeeper in beautiful Scottish Borders  

    A single bee creates just one twelfth of a teaspoon of honey in her lifetime
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    The flowers won't last long and will provide food for pollinators.

    Trim the hedge when they've gone over.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
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