On 21/7/07 12:14, in article , "WaltA"
wrote:

On Fri, 20 Jul 2007 22:49:34 +0100, Sacha
wrote:

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

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

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.

Ive never done leylandii
( do I get a bluepeter badge ? )

Oh definitely - a gold one like JKR!

Ive done lots of laurel simply by pushing bits into the ground, it
'takes' readily and puts on a little growth, but mostly seems to sit
there for a couple or 3 years thinking ! before it really gets a move
on, could be due to my heavy clay over limestone rocks.

Ours are in compost in pots so their start in life is a little easier. ;-)

I mesured some growth this morning, 2ft 3in. since I pruned some in
the spring !

That's very good going! The other thing that's good and quick, too, is
Eucalyptus where suitable. Pinch out the tops after a year or so and they
bush out nicely and can be kept at the desired height.

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Sacha
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