"Rodders" wrote in message
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Hi Jack
I'm not sure about the soil - I'm no expert gardener at all - I did plant
some Rhododenrons though and they prompty died on me!!
Cheers
Rod


"Jack Murdoch" wrote in message
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Hi - I have the opposite problem - how to keep them under control!

From my experience, by trimming the sides, all the 'growth energy' goes
to
the fewer shoots that are left, and they do increase in height faster,
but
I
suppose it depends on the spread you require.

I'm in West of Scotland, acidic soil, and they seem to really flourish
in
that. Not sure if adding acidity to the soil might help. But if
'Rodders'
is
a contraction of Rhododendrum, that I assume you already have that!

Jack.


"Rodders" wrote in message
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We have a rown of 3-year old Laurel bushes that we want to grow as
high
as
possible, as quickly as possible.

They're growing very well, but seem to grow "outwards" as well as
"upwards".
Should I trim / prune them to promote upward growth??

Any advice would be most welcome please



If Rhodos died then you have Alkaline soil and hydrangeas will be pink
not blue

To get laurel to bush out and produce a good bush and therefore a good hedge
keep trimming back every new shoot with secateurs to just below the 2nd set
of leaves up from where it branched out from previously
Keep on doing this ........the laurel will grow just fine ,you will have a
thick hedge but not darn great thick trunks and the agro of getting a
chainsaw to it every few years