We have just bought a vineyard property in the Monferrato hills and are thinking of planting a laurel hedge. Do people have any suggestions for this, ie time of year, fertilizer if necessary etc.
Thank you for the comments in general. I can see that laurel may be a problem but we want height (circa 3m) and probably up to 200/250m in length. We are also not too bothered about the trimming as having a few brown leaves is unimportant as most of the hedge will be quite a distance from us and seperate the vineyard from the garden. Where it is closer we can trim it by hand. We will also get someone to do this for us. In our area laurel is also used a lot! Julia G, you mention cotoneaster hedging. Which variety are you suggesting? (We are South of Asti but have not moved in. There is a lot of planning to do before that)
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Thank you for the comments in general. I can see that laurel may be a problem but we want height (circa 3m) and probably up to 200/250m in length. We are also not too bothered about the trimming as having a few brown leaves is unimportant as most of the hedge will be quite a distance from us and seperate the vineyard from the garden. Where it is closer we can trim it by hand. We will also get someone to do this for us. In our area laurel is also used a lot! Julia G, you mention cotoneaster hedging. Which variety are you suggesting? (We are South of Asti but have not moved in. There is a lot of planning to do before that)