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floral_uk z.8/9 SW UK
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Are 'Skip Laurel' and 'Cherry Laurel' the same thing?
Comments (2)Schipka laurel is a cultivar of cherry laurel. Cherry laurel = cow, Schipka laurel = Holstein....See MoreSkip Laurel -- Deer food?
Comments (22)I don't know how big the shrubs are but I used those cheap $1 plastic stakes you get at the garden stores along with chicken wire to protect what I don't want damaged by deer and rabbits. Below is a Balsaam Fir that was just a stick when I rescued it from the woods 3 years ago. The deer were hitting it hard and it wouldn't have taken it for much longer. I'm not worried about getting browsed some but would like to keep the main leader undamaged until it's tall enough where deer can't reach it. The wire is 2ft. wide so I stacked two high and just threaded the rods through the holes in the wire. That's only 4ft. high but the wire is stiff and the deer just don't want to mess with it. I also give it a spray once in a while. Once the new growth begins to harden off, the deer seem to loose interest. You could go to 6ft. very easily and bigger diameter if needed but this seems to work. Only two of the stakes need to be in the ground, the others only tie the two chicken wire hoops together. Here's what the tree looked like last Year. Even worse the year before last when I transplanted it. It will be over 5ft. high by the end of the season so I think I'll be able to 'let it go' with no protection next year....See MoreSkip Cherry Laurel Prunus laurocerasus ‘Schipkaensis’ Dense Shade???
Comments (0)Can "Skip aka Schip Cherry Laurel" deal with what I would call DENSE shade in zone 6b? or will it wither away. I understand it might be thinner and not as dense in growth...I just want it to grow. Shade is so hard to rate the degree of bright/dark...so I will describe what is growing there with success now: Rhododendrons, Ostrich Ferns, Jack Frost Brunnera, Pachysandra....all in the shade of a mature old large leave Linden Tree, some Pin Oaks, some mature American Holly. I want to plant two towards the back to block the view of the fence. It's spring in this first more recent photo so the shade is not full yet. the 2nd photo is from last summer with all the leaves on....See MoreSkip Cherry Laurel, Prunus laurocerasus ‘Schipkaensis’
Comments (4)lack of sun.. rarely kills anything ... but it can significantly affect vigor ... as noted.. it will grow slower ... less dense ... and probably taller or leaning.. in an attempt to reach out toward more light ... with trees and shrubs.. we talk about tree/shrub time ... being counted in 5 or 10 year segments ... so if you put a full sun plant. in shade.. you can expect to double that to 10 to 20 years segments ... [just using the numbers to make a point...] in other words.. if you are doing it in hopes of a sight block ... it might take a lot longer than you hope ... the other problem in deep shade.. is drought.. as the large trees out compete new babes for water .. and perhaps a dense canopy above doenst let a lot of rain in.. etc ... there are other variables in this situation.. than just the light issue ... those can be overcome i tree time.. but they may need a longer period of tlc to get them fully established.. to compete on their own ... you may have to water them more than the usual year or two .... until they can grow the roots.. to become self sufficient .... ken...See Morefloral_uk z.8/9 SW UK
6 years agoDave in NoVA • N. Virginia • zone 7A
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Dave in NoVA • N. Virginia • zone 7A