H 120cm x L 100cm Instant Impact Portuguese Laurel
(Prunus lusitanica)

Being quite an elegant species, Portuguese Laurel boasts delicate, small, fragrant, white flowers which will bloom during Summer- easily attracting the bees and butterflies- following with small red fruits for the birds by Autumn. It's the ideal hedge for providing wind/noise protection, and year-round screening, due to its compact nature and reasonably fast-growing habit.̴Ì?

Portuguese Laurel Instant Impact hedging is suited to̴Ì?‰ۢÌöÌÛany̴Ì?‰ۢÌöÌÛgarden style.

This instant impact Portuguese Laurel plant can grow and be easily maintained up to 5m high.̴Ì?

Prunus lusitanica is easy to grow and can tolerate most soil conditions/site situations (even dry shade)- though we don't advise planting on coastal sites. However, we do highly recommend a chalk-based soil for Portuguese Laurel.

It's a hardy, resilient plant which can face many situations, but we advise providing some protection for very windy sites.

Please note: The berries and leaves are harmful if eaten.

• Growth rate: Average (20-40cm per year)
• Ideal height: 2.5m+ Tall
• Soil type: Normal
• Exposure: Exposed, inland
• Aspect: Full shade, full sun
• Evergreen foliage? Yes

Buying Instant Impact hedging makes it even easier- your plant will arrive on your doorstep full matured, established, and ready to plant! All the beginning hard work has been done for you- you don't even have to worry about the No. per metre. 1 instant impact trough= 1 metre of hedging.

Portuguese Laurel hedging is rather easy to maintain due to its average growth rate. You should only need to give it a trim once a year (in late Summer), but if wanting to grow the plant very tall, you can put off pruning longer than this.