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Pruning Portuguese Laurel

fireplace1982 · 2008-07-09 10:56:47

Im looking for a bit of advice about how and when to prune portuguese laurel. I have planted the laurel as a hedge to the front of my house about four months ago. They are currently 3 feet high. I keep them well fed and watered and they are doing very well but someone told me that if i want them to mature into a privacy…

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09-07-2008 11:56am

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fireplace1982

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Im looking for a bit of advice about how and when to prune portuguese laurel. I have planted the laurel as a hedge to the front of my house about four months ago. They are currently 3 feet high. I keep them well fed and watered and they are doing very well but someone told me that if i want them to mature into a privacy providing hedge that i should prune the top of them now. My question is; do i prune the top of them? How much do i take off them? and when is the right time to do it? Any help much appreciated.

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#2 07-04-2010 12:13am
studfromthewood

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Im well aware that you have probably cut them by now!!! However we planted about 500 of them in 07/08.....some of them are very high and dence now.... It seem that they grow about a foot a year now!

We cut about a foot of them each year

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