Portuguese Laurel boasts dark green, luscious glossy, and pointed leaves, on distinctive deep pink/maroon stems - the perfect hedging favourite.
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.
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).
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.
When should I plant Portuguese Laurel hedging?
Portuguese Laurel can be planted at any time during the year, as long as the ground is not frozen and the plants are provided with plenty of water during the warmer months.
How far apart do you plant Laurel plants?
You will need to place your Laurel hedges between 2 and 3ft apart. This does, of course, depend on how quickly you want an established hedge, and the initial plant size (if planting 40/60cm tall plants, you will need at least 3 plants per metre).
How to plant your Portuguese Laurel:
First, make sure the location your will be planting your Portuguese Laurel in, is in either full sun or partial shade and the soil is moist-to-dry with no waterlogging complications. The soil type is not an issue.
Plant your Portuguese Laurel in a hole that is a little bigger than the root ball and add extra soil to fill it back up, once planted. The gently pack it down to secure the plant and remove any air bubbles. Water it well to help the roots establish well and effectively.
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Portuguese Laurel boasts dark green, luscious glossy, and pointed leaves, on distinctive deep pink/maroon stems - the perfect hedging favourite.
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.
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).
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.
When should I plant Portuguese Laurel hedging?
Portuguese Laurel can be planted at any time during the year, as long as the ground is not frozen and the plants are provided with plenty of water during the warmer months.
How far apart do you plant Laurel plants?
You will need to place your Laurel hedges between 2 and 3ft apart. This does, of course, depend on how quickly you want an established hedge, and the initial plant size (if planting 40/60cm tall plants, you will need at least 3 plants per metre).
How to plant your Portuguese Laurel:
First, make sure the location your will be planting your Portuguese Laurel in, is in either full sun or partial shade and the soil is moist-to-dry with no waterlogging complications. The soil type is not an issue.
Plant your Portuguese Laurel in a hole that is a little bigger than the root ball and add extra soil to fill it back up, once planted. The gently pack it down to secure the plant and remove any air bubbles. Water it well to help the roots establish well and effectively.
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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 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.
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.
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.
Our bare root discount deals include bundles of 50, 100, and 250 plants. The bigger the bundle, the higher the discount.
