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Help needed with Portuguese Laurel
snuffy
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The new growth on my Portuguese Laurel have turned black. I planted the Portuguese Laurel as a hedge two years ago and this has happened each spring. I don't think it is being eaten by anything, I certainly can't see any bugs. Can anyone offer any advice?
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I suspect that soft new growth has been frosted - although laurel is frost hardy, new growth is susceptible to low temperatures and drying winds.
It will grow new shoots, to replace the ones lost.
I'd give the hedge a dose of Fish, Blood & Bone (follow directions on the pack) this is a slow-acting fertiliser which will replenish the energy the plants will use to grow the additional shoots, without encouraging soft growth which will be vulnerable.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.