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Where to buy Laurel hedging cheap

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    #32
    zipzoc
    Registered Users Posts: 145 ✭✭zipzoc


    Yea, I guess. Thanks


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    #33
    jezko
    Registered Users Posts: 454 ✭✭jezko


    zipzoc wrote: »
    Where would you recommend to buy? And how tall does laurel grow?

    I went to a Garden Centre/Nursery in the Avoca Village, Wicklow.. Just Can't remember the Name now.. A few Years back... They Grow all there own ... Side of a Hill over looking the Village....

    How tall of a Hedge do you want??? a 5 feet or less forget about Laurel i would say ... If 5 feet or more you will need to prune late Autumn.. to keep it at the height you need..


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    #34
    zipzoc
    Registered Users Posts: 145 ✭✭zipzoc


    Hi Jezko. Thanks. I guess around 6 foot, maybe 7, max. So I guess it's ok to plant Nov to April then prune next Autumn? I'd like to get a bit of height by next Summer. You think that's possible? Sorry if I sound like a total amateur!


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    #35
    jezko
    Registered Users Posts: 454 ✭✭jezko


    zipzoc wrote: »
    Hi Jezko. Thanks. I guess around 6 foot, maybe 7, max. So I guess it's ok to plant Nov to April then prune next Autumn? I'd like to get a bit of height by next Summer. You think that's possible? Sorry if I sound like a total amateur!

    if you can source bare root plants and plant before winter really kicks in ... planting now will encourage the plants to "root in" as the soil will still be warm from summer.... but don't plant on a frosty day.... not quite sure why... been told this... but as you say no rush ...you can source bare root till April

    You may not have to prune next Autumn...and only bit's to encourage side shoots to develop on long upward growths in the next few years .. as I doubt you'll have much if any "top" growth in the first year...

    If you want the hedge to grow As soon as planted you might be better off using potted plant's!!! Debateable

    Bare root plants have had a shock in that the roots are heavily pruned when harvested and these roots need to regrow in the first year... hence very little "top" growth.


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    #36
    zipzoc
    Registered Users Posts: 145 ✭✭zipzoc


    Thanks Jezko!


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    #37
    emmetdoc1991
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 14 ✭emmetdoc1991


    They are all really expensive, there's a nursery in Donegal that i used before that sell all the major types, laurel, Portuguese laurel etc!!

    Got Portuguese from them in march time, 2 euro a piece and they are between 2-3 foot,

    they also delivered for a pretty decent fee...

    they give you some fertiliser free too with the hedging


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