This is for our potted native Cherry Laurel evergreen hedge plants (Prunus Rotundifolia).

Laurels are evergreen giving you year-round privacy and are great for reducing noise with large dense rich shiny green coloured leaves.

 Pot grown laurels are slightly more expensive than bare root laurels but are available all year round. In addition, since they come with a pot full of active roots they are ready to start growing in height and thickness from the moment you plant them so they can be a bit quicker to establish than bare root.

If you don’t prune them before the flowers appear in early Spring they form lovely delicate creamy white flowers and black berries in the Autumn.

Laurels will grow up to 60cm per year so will quickly make a tall hedge – they can grow up to 10m tall but are happy being trimmed from 1m upwards – we recommend you trim once a year in the Autumn to keep the foliage dense, or in early Spring if you want to avoid the flowers and berries.

They will grow in full sun to full shade and most soil types although we don’t recommend for coastal areas as they don’t like salt in the air – Green Privet is a better option for this!

We recommend 5 plants per metre in a double zig-zag row for a thick hedge, but you can get away with 3-4 per metre in a staggered row if you don’t mind waiting an extra year or two to form a thick hedge.

·         Evergreen – great for privacy all year round

·         Works in most soil types except coastal areas

·         Can be planted in Full Sun to Full Shade

·         Low maintenance and fast growing

·         Cut once a year in the Autumn or Spring

·         Hardy

For best results plant with Rootgrow gel – it increases the growth rate by up to 50% and really helps the plants establish.

Keep them well watered – especially in the Spring and Summer in the first year of planting.

If you are not sure how many plants you need or which varieties suit your garden please just contact or call us and we will be happy to offer friendly advice!

Many apologies but due to a change in the DEFRA plant health regulations following Brexit we cannot ship plants to Northern Ireland – we are working on this and hope a solution is found soon!

nd hope to find a solution soon!