How to create a beautiful Laurel Hedge.

[@adamslawnandgardencare9403]

Rob. That’s proper graft taking out roots and all. I always try to persuade a customer to mix a hedge up ie different types and colours always looks great when it’s established. I alway use a post digger spade when I’m making holes for the newbies makes life a bit easier in my opinion. Great post.

[@maxwellsgrasscuttingservices]

Thanks Adam, appreciate your comment and expertise.

[@AndyJ5431]

Great job Rob. Keep on top of the trimming when it gets established so it doesn’t get away from you. I’ve trimmed a Laurel patch today 6’ tall very wide. I had to use my one metre extension on my Stihl Combi hedge cutter to cut the top. I took off last years growth which was approx 4’ in length.

[@maxwellsgrasscuttingservices]

Thank you for the advice.👍🏻

[@adamstockton67]

Lovely job Rob. Great attention to detail.

[@maxwellsgrasscuttingservices]

Appreciate your kind words.

[@liamjarvis92]

Great tidy job Rob! Finally got a glimpse of Ian to 👍🏻

[@maxwellsgrasscuttingservices]

Ian is a bit camera 📷 shy. 😂

[@jonnysgardenmaintenance]

Hi Rob I planted 35 cherry laurels last week also they have a front side nice and glossy backside side not so, I only realised when I had them in the ground one or 2 didn't look quite right, good job as always Rob hope all is swell 👍

[@maxwellsgrasscuttingservices]

Thanks Jonny. All the best to you. Have a great season.👍🏻

[@FromLawtoGardening]

Lovely work you have done. A pleasure to watch Rob. Pure professional.

[@maxwellsgrasscuttingservices]

Thank you , appreciate your kind words.

[@spacemanwho]

thank you for sharing this, gave me the confidence to do my own hedges.

[@pablo9364]

Robert, that's a very nice job . Will look great 👍

[@maxwellsgrasscuttingservices]

Thank you , appreciated.

[@stanionmowing]

Nice job. I find laurel really satisfying after planting when it has a growth spurt and spreads out 👍

[@maxwellsgrasscuttingservices]

Me too, cheers.

[@philgardener7018]

that looks good. I enjoy planting. especially on jobs where you can go back months/ years later and see how it has grown

[@maxwellsgrasscuttingservices]

I agree with you. Thank you .

[@darrenupton5500]

You need a farmers high lift jack pal for getting roots out. Wrap a chain around the roots and get her lifted out.

[@maxwellsgrasscuttingservices]

That would be easier. Don’t have on so it’s the old fashioned way.

[@david21968]

Couldn’t recommend this more. It saves so much effort on a stump

[@markopolo-1]

Great job as always Rob but tbh, as a gardener myself I'd much prefer to cut and maintain a Conifer over a Laurel any day but each to their own!

[@maxwellsgrasscuttingservices]

Leylandii is easier to trim, doesn’t look as nice though. Thank you for watching and your comment.

[@matthewblazer7932]

Get yourself a farm jack and a length of good chain. Wrap the chain around the stump. Fix with big screws. Connect to the jack. Sit the jack in a double thickness section of scaffolding board and just jack the stumps out as you dig and cut. It'll save you hour's of work.

[@maxwellsgrasscuttingservices]

Thank you for the advice.

[@mcpheesgardeningservices]

nice work Rob ,great to see you in action and I am very impressed !

[@maxwellsgrasscuttingservices]

Thank you Geoff.👍🏻

[@jakelamotta2387]

​@@maxwellsgrasscuttingservices HI Rob, I'm staying my own business and struggling for a quote similar to this job. Any help on how to quote this job would be brilliant mate. I Love your videos. Thanks for the content once again👍🏻

[@williambrown3762]

Great job , i like the laural hedges , i tend to like convincing customers to go for 2 foot spacing if possible especially on smaller runs , a makes a nice quick full screen, anywhere between 2ft and 3ft spacing is 100per cent, obviously the larger gap will take longer to grow in so to speak, i like using root balled plants as i generally can get a larger plant for less money as a root ball vrs pot grown, but those plants look good and they will grow fast , a tidy job well done, as you say keep them watered!

[@maxwellsgrasscuttingservices]

Thank you William, appreciate your comment.

[@bradroller6072]

Very nice job it looks great mate 👍🏻👏🏻

[@maxwellsgrasscuttingservices]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@funkyduckproductions.8844]

Top job 👍

[@maxwellsgrasscuttingservices]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@JamesGriffiths-k7b]

Nice neat job, well executed 👌

[@maxwellsgrasscuttingservices]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@jasonhewlett1283]

Good job, Rob, but I would not plant a cherry laurel hedge as I hate the bugger s. Lol .I would stear the customer towards a Portuguese laurel instead. 😉. The green gold will shortly be growing !

[@maxwellsgrasscuttingservices]

Cheers Jason. Each to their own. 👍🏻

[@waynehammerton5698]

Superb work fellas

[@maxwellsgrasscuttingservices]

Thank you kindly, appreciated Wayne.

[@waynehammerton5698]

My pleasure as always Rob

[@mycolliesandme268]

Nice 👍

[@maxwellsgrasscuttingservices]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@robertreader6539]

Looks fab. May i ask for a rough price for taking the old hedge down and clearing the waste

[@maxwellsgrasscuttingservices]

Two men two day labour plus waste away.👍🏻

[@markcorcoran9866]

I am thinking of planting a laurel or beach hedge along a straight line 45 metre fence. The ground is compacted stoney clay. Would it be ok to dig out the holes for each plant like you did or would I have to get a mini digger to cultivate a trench ?

[@maxwellsgrasscuttingservices]

Dig out the holes 3x than the pots. Good luck.

[@markvots405]

Can you post an update on this? Would love to see how fast the Laurel Hedge grows!

[@maxwellsgrasscuttingservices]

It’s only been in for a month or so. I will in twelve months. Many thanks.

[@malthusXIII-fo3ep]

Further to your ''vital to increase our prices'' commentary,...I suddenly remembered a few years ago how some gardening men in their newspaper adverts would add the comment...''Special rates or discounts for Pensioners''.....I wonder if they do that anymore Rob?! You'd be surprised how many of them are actually quite well off, probably receiving a pretty hefty private pension plus £10,500 annual state pension. Plus hundreds in the Winter Fuel Allowance...others receiving pension top-ups, both council rent and council tax also reduced to zero. Many such people are vastly better off than we are...whereas we are out in all weathers, enduring punishing physical work, day after day. How many of us are physically shattered when we wake up in the morning and then off we toddle and have to do it all over again,..it takes some degree of motivation...some real heft! Feel free Rob to knock out another video off my comments! All the best Rob.

[@maxwellsgrasscuttingservices]

Thank you , appreciate your support and imput.

[@dianachavez6232]

I really want to grow laurel for privacy. I think they are beautiful shrubs. Thank you for your video on this plant.

[@maxwellsgrasscuttingservices]

You are very welcome, thank you for watching.

[@hithere5768]

My laurels have barely grown this year in the UK, is this normal for the weather?

[@maxwellsgrasscuttingservices]

Water and feed they will grow.

[@dtn876]

Planted some of these a few months ago but they don't seem to be doing very well. Leaves going yellow and wrinkly. Some holes in the leaves also. Is there anything I can do?

[@maxwellsgrasscuttingservices]

Water and feed them. That will help.

[@dtn876]

@@maxwellsgrasscuttingservices No need for any fungicide? Could you please suggest a good feed for them?

[@maxwellsgrasscuttingservices]

I use chicken pellets. Full of nitrogen. I have sprayed laurel with an anti bug spray from b and a works a treat. Lots of water.

[@dtn876]

@@maxwellsgrasscuttingservices Ok thanks I will get some chicken manure pellets. It's ok to put down this time of year? What bug spray was it if you don't mind bud

[@maxwellsgrasscuttingservices]

Yes put them down and water in. An off the shelf bug spray.

[@hotsingledad360]

Awesome video Rob! Quick question though, would you not need to give the hole a good watering before putting the plant in like you would most flower bed plants?

[@maxwellsgrasscuttingservices]

You can do that, or dip the root ball in a tub of water. I give the whole area a good watering.

[@AndyJ5431]

I always water the hole when planting shrubs, good point 👍

[@ched999uk]

Looks a great job, how fast do they grow - ie how long before its a solid hedge as opposed to separate bushes?

[@maxwellsgrasscuttingservices]

Two years they will be a six feet hedge. 👍🏻

[@ivonne_ybn]

hello!!! thanks, when is the best time of the year to plant this brush?

[@maxwellsgrasscuttingservices]

Any time, avoid frost and water well in the summer.

[@hillbillyjohn230]

Very professional job 👏 did you get it all done in one day

[@maxwellsgrasscuttingservices]

No over two days. Thank you for watching.

[@danlaflamme9372]

Do u get ur plants from good nursery or big box store...??ty

[@maxwellsgrasscuttingservices]

A local nursery . 👍🏻

[@malthusXIII-fo3ep]

Great job Rob....but laurel is a horror to cut from my experience,...maybe privet would have been a better choice?

[@maxwellsgrasscuttingservices]

It’s a beautiful hedge to look at . Each to their own. Thanks for watching.

[@dciburnsidesniffsniff6119]

The bad yale reviews were from HD gardening services pal if you didn’t see my comment in other video 👍

[@maxwellsgrasscuttingservices]

Thanks for that, appreciate your support.

[@dciburnsidesniffsniff6119]

No problem I hate people who try ruin others 👍

[@maxwellsgrasscuttingservices]

Correct, does he have a you tube channel?

[@dciburnsidesniffsniff6119]

HD Garden care channel problem is you never know who’s trolling who on here could be him behind the channel will get my fella to find out pal

[@maxwellsgrasscuttingservices]

No worries, it’s all good. 👍🏻

[@iancadwallender9779]

Do you have people work for you all the time mate?

[@maxwellsgrasscuttingservices]

No, Ian and I come together on big jobs. Normally I work alone. 👍🏻

[@iancadwallender9779]

👍

[@markjefferson7492]

i wouldn't put laurels in, they are far too fast growing and take a lot of time to look nice. They don't make a nice tight hedge.

[@maxwellsgrasscuttingservices]

I really like them. 👍🏻

[@geoff-63]

Hi Rob, love the channel but I have to say absolutely nothing beautiful about a laurel hedge, sorry not for me a hedge that has to be kept tidy with the secateurs and a absolute nightmare to remove from the ground.. keep up the content buddy, I'm just about ready to start back after a nice break everything sharpened and serviced..

[@maxwellsgrasscuttingservices]

I like them Geoff, you can get a beautiful hedge. 👍🏻

[@backyarddosser]

Cut down trees and plant laurels???🫤

[@maxwellsgrasscuttingservices]

The conifer hedge was awful.

[@backyarddosser]

Fair enough, I guess if it’s what the customer requests. Any recommendations for a different type of hedge that could be beneficial to wild life? Keep up the good work 👍