Cherry Laurel - Prunus laurocerasus

Dense Evergreen Hedge That Grows Fast, Stays Lush And Looks Incredible All Year
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Key Features

  • Grow a lush evergreen hedge that forms a dense screen quickly, with up to 40cm of growth each year and glossy green foliage that looks good in all four seasons
  • Provides year-round interest and privacy, acting as a living windbreak and sound barrier while remaining beautifully low-maintenance with just a light trim twice a year
  • Offers seasonal interest too, with white flowers appearing in spring followed by dark ornamental berries that birds love, adding life and charm to your garden
  • Incredibly easy to grow and versatile, this cherry laurel thrives in most soil types and light levels, making it an ideal hedge for almost any UK garden situation
  • Supplied as an established plant in a 3 litre pot, already 35-50cm tall, ready to plant
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Description

There's something incredibly satisfying about a good hedge - it anchors the garden, creates shelter, and lets you define your space. But finding one that ticks all the boxes? That's the tricky bit. Fortunately, Cherry Laurel makes it easy.

This vigorous, evergreen shrub is the ultimate choice for anyone wanting quick results with minimal effort. Cherry Laurel is grown widely across the country because it's as tough as old boots, yet looks sleek and glossy all year round. It's that magic mix of fast-growing and dependable, perfect for busy gardeners or anyone starting from scratch.

Even in winter, the large, shiny green leaves keep your borders looking fresh. And when spring rolls in, you'll be treated to creamy white flowers followed in autumn by bird-friendly berries.

Plant three per metre for a proper, formal hedge, or use them singly as statement shrubs in larger beds. Either way, you'll get a dense, attractive backdrop that grows up to 3 metres high, with minimal shaping. A quick trim twice a year is all it needs to stay neat and controlled.

Supplied as an established plant in a 3 litre pot, already 35-50cm tall, ready to plant.

Top Tips
Easy to grow in any moist but well-drained, moderately fertile soil in sun or partial shade. Its spreading habit makes it useful for low hedges and massed planting. Try clipping it low to create and evergreen laurel ‘lawn’ under specimen shrubs and trees.
Care Information

Planting Advice:

  • Grow Cherry Laurel in well-drained soil in any sunny or partially shaded site. This variety will even tolerate growing conditions in full shade.
  • Dig a planting hole three times the width of existing roots and mix some well-rotted compost or manure with the soil from the hole and use this to re-fill one the shrub is in place.
  • We've found that a square hole is better than a round one as new roots, once they reach the edges, tend to grow in a circle round the circumference of the hole, whereas when they reach the corners of a square hole, they find it easier to grow through.
  • Before planting soak container-grown shrubs thoroughly and allow to drain.
  • Remove the plant from its pot and tease out a few of the roots.
  • Add Mycorrhizal fungi to the roots when planting to help plants establish quicker.
  • Place your shrub in the hole at the same level at the pot and refill the hole with the earth removed, in a process called backfilling.
  • Firm in the soil with your heel, avoiding the root ball and water well.
  • Mulch around the base of the plant with a collar, compost, gravel, bark etc.

Aftercare advice:

  • Keep plants well-watered while they establish.
  • Hardy in winter conditions down to -15C, protect from cold winds as it is these that tend to cause the most damage to young plants.

Pruning Advice:

  • Hedges may be trimmed in spring or autumn to keep them tidy and shaped, if pruning at the end of the season (when growth has finished), do it before the onset of very cold weather.
Delivery Information

Please allow us 3-5 working days to dispatch your order. Pre-ordered items will be sent as soon as possible after the date quoted and we'll generally ship your entire order with your pre-ordered items. When your order is dispatched, we'll send you another email with details of how to track it.

Most orders are sent on a fully-tracked courier service with Yodel. To avoid perishable items being stuck at depots and deteriorating, no signature is required, and our courier is asked to leave your order in a safe place on your property.

We'll send a tracking link when we dispatch your order, so you know when its due to arrive. Please note, once delivered we cannot be held responsible for loss or theft from your property. If you have any specific delivery instructions, please let us know - there's an option to enter a short message for the courier at the checkout.

Smaller, lighter, single-item orders may be sent through the post with Royal Mail - in which case no tracking is available.

Our experienced nursery team will always send your plants nursery fresh in the perfect condition to thrive when you plant them, so although most plants are very tough and will not be affected by all but the most extreme frosts or heatwaves, we avoid dispatching the most perishable plants if extreme weather is forecast, or over Bank Holiday weekends.

Please note, we cannot guarantee delivery on a certain day or time. Delivery to outlying postcode areas may take 1-2 days longer, dependent on your location.

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