@csutton193 These were mine when they arrived, April last year when I planted them and cut them down (at the start of a heatwave 🤦),
Mid-May this year, And last week. I've trimmed and pinched them out a lot, any that didn't start sprouting from the bottom I cut back more, bald trucks at the bottom are no use to anyone. A few aren't as big as others, but some were better plants to start with and they are all heading in the right direction. I put them at 2foot apart and they should be touching by this winter. Then it's all systems go for height 👍
Hi, thank you for this brilliant thread! I'm looking at planting a laurel hedge behind a 5ft brick wall at the front of my house and also along the fence in the back garden. Can I double check what size plants people would buy, how far from the wall/fence they should be planted and how far I should leave between each plant?
I would buy bare root plants at 3’ tall then cut them back to 2’ on planting. You won’t get these until the winter but if you can wait it’s the cheapest way to do it if you need a lot. I bought mine from https://www.scotplantsdirect.co.uk/about-us.html they're grown in Scotland so very hardy from the start. If you’ve read the previous post on this thread you’ll know how to prepare your ground and plant them.
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
@claire.e.bobLj8nwmfS I planted 2.6' Laurels in March at a distance of about 2' apart. Already some of them are touching each other. I have trimmed them once. As you can see in the pics some are slower to get going.
For anybody that is interested or worried about cutting back your newly planted Laurel Hedge (as I was when I did mine!), I planted a rootball hedge last year April 2020, this was them cut back after first planting, and then a month or so ago after pruning pretty much every shoot
Thank you to all the people who have shared valuable info on here, it is incredible how quickly they grow
Lovely hedging there Benjamin, so many people can’t bring themselves to cut them back because they want a tall hedge as soon as possible, yours is a lovely example of cutting back every shoot. @Ditsy. You may regret planting those there, in a couple of years they’ll be about 4’ depth, so across the path, it’s it a public highway you may have to cut them back a lot. I would start now by cutting all the roadside bits right back.
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
Ah yes, I remember now, I think Griselinia would grow ok in London, they need a warmer area. Keep vigilant with the pruning they’ll last you a few years.
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
ive been offered an established Laurel hedge with the condition that i have to dig them up myself. Most of the plants are 4ft high and quite bushy, if i do dig them up and replant in my garden are the likely to survive?
ive been offered an established Laurel hedge with the condition that i have to dig them up myself. Most of the plants are 4ft high and quite bushy, if i do dig them up and replant in my garden are the likely to survive?
thanks
Yes. Cut them back first, have the new location already prepped, then make sure they're well watered until established, which will be autumn.
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I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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These were mine when they arrived,
April last year when I planted them and cut them down (at the start of a heatwave 🤦),
And last week.
I've trimmed and pinched them out a lot, any that didn't start sprouting from the bottom I cut back more, bald trucks at the bottom are no use to anyone. A few aren't as big as others, but some were better plants to start with and they are all heading in the right direction. I put them at 2foot apart and they should be touching by this winter. Then it's all systems go for height 👍
You won’t get these until the winter but if you can wait it’s the cheapest way to do it if you need a lot.
I bought mine from https://www.scotplantsdirect.co.uk/about-us.html
they're grown in Scotland so very hardy from the start.
If you’ve read the previous post on this thread you’ll know how to prepare your ground and plant them.
March
Today
For anybody that is interested or worried about cutting back your newly planted Laurel Hedge (as I was when I did mine!), I planted a rootball hedge last year April 2020, this was them cut back after first planting, and then a month or so ago after pruning pretty much every shoot
Thank you to all the people who have shared valuable info on here, it is incredible how quickly they grow
@Ditsy. You may regret planting those there, in a couple of years they’ll be about 4’ depth, so across the path, it’s it a public highway you may have to cut them back a lot.
I would start now by cutting all the roadside bits right back.
Keep vigilant with the pruning they’ll last you a few years.
ive been offered an established Laurel hedge with the condition that i have to dig them up myself.
Most of the plants are 4ft high and quite bushy, if i do dig them up and replant in my garden are the likely to survive?
thanks
Cut them back first, have the new location already prepped, then make sure they're well watered until established, which will be autumn.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...