laurel hedging

[fussy]

can someone tell me please, when is the best time to plant laurel

hedging, we have been given three different times, sept/oct, and april.

Thanks alot.

[Bugsy]

Absolutely any time is the answer, apart from the depths of winter, of course.

I've just butchered a large section of laurel in our garden, 15 metres high down to 1.5, and two weeks later it's already budding.

[Clair]

Autumn is best as the ground is still warm and encourages root growth.

Spring is fine too but bushes and trees planted in autumn will have a head start compared with those planted in the following spring, as they'll already be semi-established when the ones planted later will still be settling down.

I planted some in 2004 and they looked like they were about to die off for the first few months but they are now so big I'm planning a major trim next month...

[TempsPerdu]

As Clair says Autumn is the best time, I would guess mid to late September so the days aren't too hot or the ground too dry. 

But beware laurel can shoot up and go a bit wild as we discovered!! But it does attract a lot of wild life with several varieties of birds nesting in our outer boundary hedge. Make sure you plant them at least 1.5-2 metres away from your boundary, which makes trimming easier later on once it is established, I think this might be a legal requirement..

Regards

Steve

[fussy]

Thank you for your answers, so glad you have all said autumn as I am

eager to start planting(I probably need to get a life).Best wishes to

you all.

[AnOther]

[quote user="Bugbear"]I've just butchered a large section of laurel in our garden, 15 metres high down to 1.5, [/quote]Did you really mean 15 meters, 50 feet high ???