On 20/7/07 19:16, in article , "WaltA"
wrote:

On Fri, 20 Jul 2007 19:06:57 +0100, Sacha wrote:

Having lunch at the local today, we looked at a hedge planted against the
bordering fence next door. This year it has put on at least 18" of growth
and Ray said "and people think it's slow growing....." ;-)

and next year a good 3ft easily when it finds its roots


According to my personal knowall, it gets its feets down faster and puts on
growth more quickly than leylandii in the first 3 or 4 years. Obviously
leylandii attain enormous heights eventually but that's not desirable in
every location. Ray is a great advocate of laurel hedging and this seems to
show why.

--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
(remove weeds from address)
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'