UK gardening - Planting Cherry Laurel

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Planting Cherry Laurel

chris1471z

2007-12-18, 5:25 pm

Hello Everyone,

I'm looking for some guidance please.

I'm having an extension built on my bunglaow - and the JCB's have totally
obliterated the garden - they were needed for digging the foundation
trenches so there was not much I could do.

I'm looking to buy a couple of mature Cherry Laurel - by mature I mean 3
meters high by 1.5 metres wide. The plants will be 'rootballed', I assume
this means delivered in a pot?

When is the best time to plant the Laurels and what should I looking to do -
eg. depth of hole, fertiliser etc?

Thanks,
Chris

Nick Maclaren

2007-12-18, 5:25 pm

In article <4768331f$1_2@mk-nntp-2.news.uk.tiscali.com>,
"chris1471z" <?@?> writes:
|>
|> I'm having an extension built on my bunglaow - and the JCB's have totally
|> obliterated the garden - they were needed for digging the foundation
|> trenches so there was not much I could do.

Have the builders dig them by hand? It costs extra.

|> I'm looking to buy a couple of mature Cherry Laurel - by mature I mean 3
|> meters high by 1.5 metres wide. The plants will be 'rootballed', I assume
|> this means delivered in a pot?

Why? That doesn't sound sane.

And no. It means delivered in a hessian sack or similar.

Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

Sacha

2007-12-18, 8:25 pm

On 18/12/07 20:52, in article 4768331f$1_2@mk-nntp-2.news.uk.tiscali.com,
"chris1471z" <?@?> wrote:

> Hello Everyone,
>
> I'm looking for some guidance please.
>
> I'm having an extension built on my bunglaow - and the JCB's have totally
> obliterated the garden - they were needed for digging the foundation
> trenches so there was not much I could do.

Look upon it as a clean slate. Consider how you will plan a new garden.
Which bit is sunniest when you most want to sit in it? Do you want a
clothes line, a dog run, a sand pit for the children? At different times of
the year, do you want a barbecue area, a swing and so on. How about a
raised and stony area for herbs growing?
>
> I'm looking to buy a couple of mature Cherry Laurel - by mature I mean 3
> meters high by 1.5 metres wide. The plants will be 'rootballed', I assume
> this means delivered in a pot?

No, it means they're delivered with the roots in some sacking or plastic
wrapped around them in a clod of earth. In your shoes, I'd wait until spring
to plant anything and I certainly wouldn't buy 9' laurels at what must be a
pretty steep price and plant them in winter.
>
> When is the best time to plant the Laurels and what should I looking to do -
> eg. depth of hole, fertiliser etc?
>
Has your supplier not advised you? If not, why not? Ask them for advice
and then, if something goes wrong, you do have some comeback if you go
ahead.

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

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