" writes
This happens every July when ours is cut back, it always recovers and
grows back twice as thick within a month. We have ours professionally
cu; it borders the front and one side of the property and it's quite a
big job. The gardener got blisters on his hands last year after
cutting it and this year he wore tough gloves, I belive there is
something nasty in the sap?

I've just had to do some major cutting back of a laurel tree. The smell
of marzipan was quite strong ;-)
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Kay