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Trying to buy a laurel tree in/near Dublin

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  • 09-03-2021 4:28pm
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    mambo
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    Anyone know anywhere in or near Dublin that you can buy a laurel tree (a tree, not a bush or hedge)


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    looksee
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    Are you looking for a Bay Laurel (the one you use the leaves in cooking) or one of the other laurels. A laurel tree is essentially a laurel of the hedging variety that has not had its main stem stopped (clipped) so it grows upright rather than bushy, and you keep the bottom part of the stem clear of branches till it becomes a tree. You should be able to find one in the likes of Woodies or similar hardware-and-garden centre shops. If you want a full grown one you may have to wait until garden centres re-open.


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    mambo
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    Thanks. We've contacted a few garden centres, but none seem to have the part- or full-grown tree.


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    magicbastarder
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    tully's nurseries in north county dublin may be your best bet.


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    mista11
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    Have you tried grange growers in Kilternan?


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    magicbastarder
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    magicbastarder wrote: »
    tully's nurseries in north county dublin may be your best bet.
    there don't seem to be any showing in their online shop, alas.


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    mambo
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    An option might be to buy
    https://shop.tullynurseries.ie/Product/View.aspx?Code=PRU641
    and train it into a tree, resulting in a tree like this to provide screening
    http://kingco.co.uk/news/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/screening-tree-laurel-UK-casestudy.jpg
    Anyone know how difficult this is, or how you would go about it, or roughly how long it would take?


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    looksee
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    I have done something similar with cotoneaster and holly. It is not difficult. Plant your bush, leave it for a season to get established then cut off the lower branches well up the stem to create a clear trunk. Don't trim the top part. When you are choosing your tree try and find one with as near to a single leader branch (one going straight up) as you can - they are the ones that people growing hedges don't want!

    I imagine you would have to continue clearing side shoots and suckers at intervals, they are vigorous.

    A laurel should not take too long to make a tree, they are pretty fast growing. Common Laurel/Cherry Laurel would be about the fastest growing.


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