20/40cm 2L pot grown Portuguese Laurel (Prunus lusitanica 'Angustifolia')

Pot Grown Portuguese Laurel (Prunus lusitanica)

Pot Grown Portuguese Laurel
(Prunus lusitanica)

Portuguese Laurel boasts dark green, luscious glossy, and pointed leaves, on distinctive deep pink/maroon stems - the perfect hedging favourite.

About Pot Grown Portuguese Laurel
Key Features
Pruning & Care
How To Plant Pot Grown Portuguese Laurel

About Pot Grown Portuguese Laurel

The hedge boasts dark green, luscious glossy, and pointed leaves, on distinctive deep pink/maroon stems, and is known to have similarities to the Bay Laurel, making it the perfect choice of hedge for any traditional garden.

Sitting as quite an elegant evergreen hedge, the Portuguese Laurel also offers delicate, fragrant, small, white flowers that blossom in the summer and easily attract the bees and butterflies- as well as delivering small red fruits for the birds. It is the perfect hedge for offering wind protection, noise reduction and year-round screening, as well as being a reasonably fast growing, compact hedge, proving it to be suitable for any garden style.

Key Features

Prunus lusitanica Angustifolia is rather easy to grow and can tolerate all soil conditions/situations (even dry shade)- Chalk soils are a great choice for the Portuguese Laurel. Though, we do recommend that, if growing in dry shade, you keep the plant fed and moist until it is established, and we do not advise planting in coastal positions. It is rather hardy and resilient, but some wind protection may also be needed in places where windburn could be seen as a potential problem. You must also note that the leaves and berries are harmful if eaten, as with other varieties in the Laurel family (except Bay).

Growth rate:̴Ì?Average (20-40cm per year)
Ideal Height: 2.5m+ Tall
Soil Type: Normal
Exposure: Exposed, Inland
Aspect: Full shade, sun
Evergreen foliage? Yes

Pruning & Care

As it is pot grown, you can easily leave the plant in its pot for a few days/weeks before planting it. Just ensure you keep the plant well-watered, and it gets enough sun. Don't leave it for too long, however, as you don't want the roots becoming root bound.

The Portuguese Laurel hedging plant has a medium growth rate, meaning it is rather easy to maintain and shape. You should find it only needs one trim a year (in late Summer), however, if you want it to grow very tall, pruning can be left longer than this.

How To Plant Pot Grown Portuguese Laurel

Prepare the soil by mixing in some compost. Dig the hole- this will have to be about twice the width of the root system, but the same depth.
Remove the plant from its pot by placing one hand on the base of the plant, and the other at the bottom of the pot. Wriggle the pot away gently.
Untangle the roots a little as they may be clumped together.
Place the plant into the hole, ensuring the base of the stem is level with the surface of the soil. Follow this with backfilling the hole with your soil mix, and patting down lightly to secure.
When you're done, thoroughly water the plant. Ensure you regularly water throughout its first year, as the plant needs plenty to be able to settle down, recover, and establish.

Berries

Evergreen

White Flower

Portuguese Laurel boasts dark green, luscious glossy, and pointed leaves, on distinctive deep pink/maroon stems - the perfect hedging favourite.

About Pot Grown Portuguese Laurel
Key Features
Pruning & Care
How To Plant Pot Grown Portuguese Laurel

About Pot Grown Portuguese Laurel

Key Features

Growth rate:̴Ì?Average (20-40cm per year)
Ideal Height: 2.5m+ Tall
Soil Type: Normal
Exposure: Exposed, Inland
Aspect: Full shade, sun
Evergreen foliage? Yes

Pruning & Care

How To Plant Pot Grown Portuguese Laurel

Prepare the soil by mixing in some compost. Dig the hole- this will have to be about twice the width of the root system, but the same depth.
Remove the plant from its pot by placing one hand on the base of the plant, and the other at the bottom of the pot. Wriggle the pot away gently.
Untangle the roots a little as they may be clumped together.
Place the plant into the hole, ensuring the base of the stem is level with the surface of the soil. Follow this with backfilling the hole with your soil mix, and patting down lightly to secure.
When you're done, thoroughly water the plant. Ensure you regularly water throughout its first year, as the plant needs plenty to be able to settle down, recover, and establish.

Bare Root

Field grown, bare roots are young plants that are only planted when they are dormant, from autumn to spring. We lift bare root plants and despatch them during the season but they can be pre-ordered in summer. As they are cheaper to grow, they are one of our most affordable hedge planting options.
Pot Grown

Pot grown plants can be planted year round and make a convenient option. They come in a wide range of sizes, from 10cm to 2.5m so they're suitable for the majority of planting requirements.
Root Ball

Also field grown, root ball plants are scooped out of the ground using machinery to keep their root system intact and wrapped in bio-degradable, hessian sacks. They are mature plants that provide dense coverage very early on, ideal for when you need a thick hedge quickly.
Instant Hedging

Grown in troughs or bags that measure 50cm-1 metre in length and carefully clipped during the growing season. Our instant hegding troughs create a dramatic, instant hedge effect.
Bare Root Discount Deals

Our bare root discount deals include bundles of 50, 100, and 250 plants. The bigger the bundle, the higher the discount.

Order Value	Standard Delivery Charge (Inc. VAT)
£0.00-£49.99	£10.02
£50.00-£149.99	£18.00
£150.00-£249.99	£30.00
£250.00-£349.99	£42.00
£350.00-£698.99	£75.00
£699.00+	FREE

Pot Grown Portuguese Laurel
(Prunus lusitanica)

Root Types Summary

Bare Root

Pot Grown

Root Ball

Instant Hedging

Bare Root Discount Deals

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