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I have removed a monstrous Leylandii hedge and want to replace it with
something more attractive and evergreen that will tolerate the poor
soil left behind. Would Portuguese laurel fit the bill?





It will, and so will cherry laurel, but the expression out of the frying
pan and into the fire comes to mind! (I have just cut my laurel hedge and
am right off it!)
--
Charlie Pridham, Gardening in Cornwall
www.roselandhouse.co.uk
Holders of national collections of Clematis viticella cultivars and
Lapageria rosea