Replacing Hedge

Tim Herlihy asked 13 years ago

Looks like the the cold spell has killed my 5yr old griselinia hedge. It only has a few leaves left.I’m thinking of cutting it to the ground and planting maybe a Cherry Laurel in between.I’d like a hedge that’ll grow fairly quickly. Is Laurel at good choice? When is the best time to plant and what do I plant, container or dry root? I only need about 15 plants.

1 Answers

Gerry Daly Staff answered 6 years ago
From the photo it looks badly damaged but maybe not so badly that it wil not re-sprout at ground level or just about. Sometimes griselinia is killed outright and sometimes to ground level.

Wait and see how it does. If it is dead, replace it with yew which can be controlled in size, Laurel is too vigorous for the available space.

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