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I'd this bush

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  • 28-04-2015 8:03am
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    irishguy
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    Can someone tell me what this bush is and the best way of getting rid of it.


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    BabySlam
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    Am not an expert, but it looks like a laurel (prunus)?


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    Sonnenblumen
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    Looks like Grisellinia Hedging to me


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    irishguy
    Registered Users Posts: 3,299 ✭✭✭irishguy


    No I dont think so. Its the kind of crap plant they would plant in Irish gardens 30/40 years ago. It doesnt look nice


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    irishguy
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    Sonnenblumen wrote: »
    Looks like Grisellinia Hedging to me

    Thats it thanks. Any idea how deep the roots go? I was thinking of cutting it down to waist height and trying to dig it out after that.


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    Sonnenblumen
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    Tough root to remove, pick and lever bar would certainly be handy. Doable but root can be wide and deep, but with good access makes it easier.

    Important to remove all root (regenerates).


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    macraignil
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    I agree the griselinia makes a fairly boring looking hedge. I have seen examples allowed grow into small trees and they look far better.


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    Supercell
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    irishguy wrote: »
    Thats it thanks. Any idea how deep the roots go? I was thinking of cutting it down to waist height and trying to dig it out after that.

    Good luck with that. I tried, and gave up two broken forks and a shovel later!
    In the end I cut them down to ground level and drilled holes in the trunk and poured neat roundup in the holes to finish them off. I'm hoping in a few years they will have rotted in the ground enough to dig up more successfully.
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    Rancid
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    Griselinia is good when you don't want a mini manicured kind of hedge. The leaves don't look their best when hacked in half by a hedge cutter!

    Saying that, you have to be dedicated to maintaining it as a hedge, it has the tendency to grow into a tree if you ignore it for a year or two.

    I'm in the process of removing a 20 year old specimen this year, a huge monster with a trunk circumference of 35 inches. (No Griselinia should ever have a "trunk"!)
    In its defence, I will say that in its day it provided shelter for hundreds of sparrows and blue tits in its upper tree-like foliage.

    Let's just say I'm not looking forward to removing its roots this year. :eek:


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