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Fertiliser for shrubs?

BRISTOL86BRISTOL86 Posts: 78
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Hi folks

Bit of a newbie but looking to give my plants a helping hand. 

Can someone please advise what sort of fertiliser I should be using on a garden that is mainly evergreen shrubs? Are the 'general purpose' fertilisers like Miracle Grow suitable or is that mainly for bedding plants etc?

Some of the plants I want to apply it to:

Choisya

Aucuba japonica

Honeysuckle

Clematis

Nandina

Euonymus

Myrtus

Ligustrum

Pieris

Periwinkle

Also, random question, but can bay leaves be used in cooking straight from the tree? I only ever use dried but as I have a small bay tree it seems daft not to make some use out of it if I can! 

Thanks!

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  • Ladybird4Ladybird4 Posts: 37,905

    Hi Bristol. The general purpose fertilisers Growmore or blood fish and bone will be good. Do not, however, use blood fish and bone on acid loving plants. So this rules out your pieris.  As long as the bay tree is Laurus nobilis the leaves can be used in cooking.

    Cacoethes: An irresistible urge to do something inadvisable
  • Andy LeedsAndy Leeds Posts: 518

    Why not fish blood and bone on acid lovers?

  • B3B3 Posts: 27,504

    Don't use bfb if you have foxes. They'll dig it up

    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • Ladybird4Ladybird4 Posts: 37,905

    Andy, bone is alkaline so not liked by acid lovers.

    Cacoethes: An irresistible urge to do something inadvisable
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