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- Tips on how your cherry laurel hedge grows dense and compact
- A pruning in the spring provides for a strong renewal
- Older bushes fringe
- Targeted soil improvement promotes growth
- Tips & Tricks
Tips on how your cherry laurel hedge grows dense and compact
So that the cherry laurel forms an impenetrable privacy in the garden, which is also beautiful in the lower area, you must pay attention to some things when cutting. Even older and shabby shrubs grow bushy with the right care measures and are soon again a gorgeous green garden ornaments.
A pruning in the spring provides for a strong renewal
The right time for a first cut is spring, when the white flower umbels of the laurel cherry have just flowered. So that the hedge grows nicely dense, then you should shorten all new shoots, which you recognize at the green wood, to about half.
Is cut about two inches above a pair of sheets. When pruning, be sure to shorten the branch above an outward-facing eye. This promotes the dense broad growth of the bushes.
It is also important to cut the hedge so that it tapers towards the top. As a result, more light gets inside and the lower shoots are not shaded by the overlying. This care measure ensures dense growth in the lower area.
Older bushes fringe
In July or August you can cut out some shoots from the inside of the bushes in older laurel cherries. This rejuvenates the wood, without you having to reset the cherry laurel as a whole right down to the trunk. The wakeful young branches prevent unwanted shedding of shrubs in the lower area.
Targeted soil improvement promotes growth
Cherry laurel is one of the most robust garden shrubs that quickly form dense hedges. If the shrub range grows only a few centimeters a year and does not become compact, this could be due to soil compaction and / or waterlogging. On both conditions, which are typical for heavy loam or clay soils, the cherry laurel reacts very sensitively.
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Tips & Tricks
In order to keep the cherry laurel hedge well sealed, it is also important to avoid frost damage. In harsh areas, you should plant only hardy species and also provide young plants with sufficient winter protection.