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Laurel hedging
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....." ;-) -- 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.' |
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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 |
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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.' |
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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 ? ) 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. I mesured some growth this morning, 2ft 3in. since I pruned some in the spring ! |
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On Jul 20, 7:06 pm, 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....." ;-) Sacha, we had a gardener trim ours in June, it is a day's work. He is coming back to do it again next week, I have never seen growth as fast as this year. Usually it is only cut once a year in July but because of all the rain we brought it forward to June, we shouldn't have bothered and I would think at this rate it will need to be cut again before the Winter, fortunately that will be the new owners' problem! Judith |
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On 20/7/07 19:56, in article
, " wrote: On Jul 20, 7:06 pm, 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....." ;-) Sacha, we had a gardener trim ours in June, it is a day's work. He is coming back to do it again next week, I have never seen growth as fast as this year. Usually it is only cut once a year in July but because of all the rain we brought it forward to June, we shouldn't have bothered and I would think at this rate it will need to be cut again before the Winter, fortunately that will be the new owners' problem! Judith This has been a strange year for so many plants but it's certainly been wet enough to get many going. But see my reply to WaltA about Ray's take on laurel in a general sense. It's evergreen, it's fast, it makes a good thick, attractive hedge - lots to be said for it. -- 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.' |
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In message , Sacha
writes This has been a strange year for so many plants but it's certainly been wet enough to get many going. But see my reply to WaltA about Ray's take on laurel in a general sense. It's evergreen, it's fast, it makes a good thick, attractive hedge - lots to be said for it. The recommendation is to cut it with secateurs or loppers in order not to damage the leaves.... Ha! We're surrounded by 780 feet of it.... On the side that is ours, we keep it to 8 feet or so, and it's a nice neat hedge. On the side that is the neighbour's (thankfully to the East), he once didn't top it for 10-12 years. It had shot up to well over our (high) bedroom windows, to maybe near 25-30 feet.... It has now not been cut again for 5 or so years, but we're on good terms with them and don't like to say anything.... -- Klara, Gatwick basin |
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On 21/7/07 14:10, in article , "Klara"
wrote: In message , Sacha writes This has been a strange year for so many plants but it's certainly been wet enough to get many going. But see my reply to WaltA about Ray's take on laurel in a general sense. It's evergreen, it's fast, it makes a good thick, attractive hedge - lots to be said for it. The recommendation is to cut it with secateurs or loppers in order not to damage the leaves.... Ha! We're surrounded by 780 feet of it.... On the side that is ours, we keep it to 8 feet or so, and it's a nice neat hedge. On the side that is the neighbour's (thankfully to the East), he once didn't top it for 10-12 years. It had shot up to well over our (high) bedroom windows, to maybe near 25-30 feet.... It has now not been cut again for 5 or so years, but we're on good terms with them and don't like to say anything.... Not even, "could WE take a bit off the top of your hedge so that we can look out of the bedroom"? But if anyone here thinks they've got a hedge to trim, look at this one! http://tinyurl.com/3y3b7y -- 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.' |
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