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- Cutting Portuguese Laurel Cherry - How to proceed
- Pruning required only once a year
- The right time for a cut
- How to cut the Portuguese Laurel Cherry
- Tips
The Portuguese laurel cherry should be cut once a year
Cutting Portuguese Laurel Cherry - How to proceed
Usually, cherry laurel grows very fast and spreads quickly. This is not the case with the Portuguese cherry laurel from the Iberian Peninsula - often referred to as the Portuguese Laurel Cherry - which grows slowly but upright and rarely needs to be cut. The dense willow is not only popular as a hedge planting, but also as a solitary in the garden and on the balcony. The Portuguese cherry laurel is very good cut compatible.
Pruning required only once a year
On average, the Portuguese Laurel Cherry grows about 15 centimeters per year, while it also remains quite narrow and grows upright. For this reason, an annual pruning is sufficient, in which the individual shoots are shortened by about 10 centimeters. Thus, the Mediterranean plant is very well suited for a slender and easy-to-grow hedge planting, although you have to bring a little patience - due to the slow growth, it takes a few years, until an opaque hedge grown from it.
The right time for a cut
Basically, you can cut the Portuguese Laurel year-round, only in frosty and very hot temperatures should you leave the cutting tools better. Best of all, however, the spring or the time immediately after flowering is suitable for pruning.
How to cut the Portuguese Laurel Cherry
Cutting the Portuguese laurel cherry is not complicated. Simply trim all twigs and twigs about 10 centimeters, but you should pay attention to a pyramidal cut. This means that the plant is wider at the bottom and tapers towards the top. In this way, you ensure that all plant parts are sufficiently supplied with light and air. When cutting you should definitely wear gloves, as the Portuguese laurel cherry - like all cherry laurel family - is very toxic.
Tips
If possible, only use mechanical cutting tools that should be freshly sharpened and clean. Electric hedge trimmers often leave unsightly cut edges, while blunt scissors tend to squeeze the branches and twigs rather than cut them and injure them unnecessarily.