Laurel Hedging - Prunus laurocerasus Rotundifolia - Pack of FIVE Plants - circa 3-4ft tall

High Quality Evergreen Laurel Hedging. Forming a dense, bushy, evergreen shrub with large glossy, dark green leaves. It makes an excellent hedging plant, and can cope with deep shade under trees as well as full sun.

Small white flowers are produced on spikes in mid-spring.

Position: full sun, partial shade or shade

Soil: moist but well-drained soil, except shallow chalk

Rate of growth: fast-growing

Other features: a very versatile hedging shrub

Hardiness: fully hardy

Garden care: When planting incorporate lots of compost in the planting hole. Prune in either spring or summer. Mature plants can tolerate hard pruning in spring, cutting back to the old wood.

Eventual height: 5m

Eventual spread: 4m

Plants are easily maintained at a smaller height and spread by annual trimming.

Supplied as very strong, bushy plants full of vigour, container grown at a total height of approx. 85-120cm (3-4ft tall). For hedging purposes these are best set 60cm (2ft) apart.

A good alternative to Leylandii if you are concerned about maintenance, creating a luxury look with out maintenance head aches and fears of growing out of control.