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Cherry Laurel hedging

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  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,444

    PS. But if they did, the ones with berries would be the femalesimage



    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • I was thinking aucuba japonica and not laurel, although with a little training spotting females flowers over males becomes quite simple! It's the wine clouding my wisdom! Although laurel does grow huge given a chance! 

  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,444

    There you go Rhod, that's what alcohol does for you. I had a wine-free nightimage



    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • FleurisaFleurisa Posts: 779

    I'd cut them back by half now

  • CharleyDCharleyD Posts: 440

    Fleurisa, I'm going to go with Nut's suggestion because it feels right from a common sense point of view but I'm interested in why you're suggesting I cut them back by half?  I've just paid £50 for two older plants so that I don't have to wait as long for them to grow, so what would be the point in chopping them in half? 

  • WelshonionWelshonion Posts: 3,114
    To make them bush out. At the moment they hide very little of that fence; indeed, they draw attention to it!
  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,444

    £50!!!!!!!!!

    2 laurels?

     



    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,134

    We're in the wrong job Nut - look here  http://www.hedgesdirect.co.uk/acatalog/Cherry_Laurel.html?gclid=COb90pirosACFdLKtAod-DgAaA 

    a 2m cherry laurel £60+ 

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





  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,444

    I'll get propagating, you can be business manager Dove.image

    I can't do sums so you'll have to do that



    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,134

    I can do VAT returns and PAYE image


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





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