Re: New hedge. The perils of Laurel..? It is lovely. It's not exactly romping away in my garden but it is flowering well so we'll give it time. I wanted to train it over the woodshed and carport to soften them a bit but we'll see. The Claire Austin is doing really, really well and I'm amazed how the Mme Alfred Carriere has recovered and looks like it's going to do well. The Royal Jubilee is still small but the flowers are pretty, I may move it to a sunnier spot though. The Pat Austin is lovely but Riley will insist on peeing on it, he and Obi have destroyed the lavender in that bed between them and the the geums are fighting for their lives - dogs! : : :
Re: New hedge. The perils of Laurel..? Best par of having roses, the dogs tend to stay away. Really looking forward to being to plan which roses I want for my next garden. It's so hard when there are so many to choose from which means I'll probably change my mind a dozen times ;D
Re: New hedge. The perils of Laurel..? I know!! The search option on the David Austin site wasted days of my life ;D I'm scheming to get some into the front garden as I will probably never be able to afford to do the whole hedge.
Re: New hedge. The perils of Laurel..? I get stuck just choosing the colour! Let alone double or single, strength of perfume - it's a nightmare ;D
Re: New hedge. The perils of Laurel..? [quote author=MaccieD link=topic=10500.msg155342#msg155342 date=1428584757] I get stuck just choosing the colour! Let alone double or single, strength of perfume - it's a nightmare ;D [/quote] I'm slightly obsessed by orange at the moment hence the Pat Austin. I'm considering Lady of Shalott for the front garden ;D
Re: New hedge. The perils of Laurel..? A great choice - might have to add that to the "I want one of these" list ;D
Re: New hedge. The perils of Laurel..? [quote author=Oberon link=topic=10500.msg155142#msg155142 date=1428482472] By laurel do you mean bay laurel, as in bay tree? We have an absolutely massive bay laurel in our backyard and it has never posed a problem for either of our dogs. The leaves are kind of leathery and I'd be surprised if a dog ate them. The leaves of a bay laurel are absolutely fine for humans to eat though - bay leaves Dunno about dogs but as I said we have not had a problem. There are no doubt many species of laurel.... But if you tried the bay laurel kind I think you'd be ok. Judging by our specimen they'd make a hardy, attractive and vigorous hedge. [/quote] Rachael, did you just say laurel is hardy!?!
Re: New hedge. The perils of Laurel..? Thank you one and all...would have loved a rose hedge, but it's a tricky site ( north facing) in the shadow of a couple of oaks, a brace of willows, a large copper beech and the odd alder........hornbeam it is, and 121 saplings later.....Fingers crossed it all works out. Dogs so far distinctly disinterested, which us just the way I like it!
Re: New hedge. The perils of Laurel..? Lovely! Your site sounds like the twin of ours where we planted hornbeam five years ago. It's thriving!
Re: New hedge. The perils of Laurel..? Barbara, the pictures may take a year or two! The saplings have popped out a few leaves, but it looks like a run of fuzzy palings at present.....
