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FreeBear said:silvercar said: and I really did like the laurel.
Won't be my problem, the insurers are arranging it all.I'm a Forum Ambassador on the housing, mortgages & student money saving boards. I volunteer to help get your forum questions answered and keep the forum running smoothly. Forum Ambassadors are not moderators and don't read every post. If you spot an illegal or inappropriate post then please report it to forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com (it's not part of my role to deal with this). Any views are mine and not the official line of MoneySavingExpert.com.1 -
It depends what you mean by Laurel. Laurus nobilis is the bay tree - the one culinary bay leaves come from. It’s probably not that one. But Aucuba japonica and Prunus laurocerasus are both commonly referred to as Laurel. I think the Prunus is shallow rooted but the Aucuba tends to sucker.3
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My neighbour behind has a TPO that runs along his drive adjacent to our gardens. Filled with lovely oaks etc also has massive laurels that, until recently, were 6-7m tall.
Thankfully they were not trees so we could cut them down. Suckers now everywhere so every so often I pop over and pull them up2006 LBM £28,000+ in debt.
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J63320 said:It depends what you mean by Laurel. Laurus nobilis is the bay tree - the one culinary bay leaves come from. It’s probably not that one. But Aucuba japonica and Prunus laurocerasus are both commonly referred to as Laurel. I think the Prunus is shallow rooted but the Aucuba tends to sucker.I'm a Forum Ambassador on the housing, mortgages & student money saving boards. I volunteer to help get your forum questions answered and keep the forum running smoothly. Forum Ambassadors are not moderators and don't read every post. If you spot an illegal or inappropriate post then please report it to forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com (it's not part of my role to deal with this). Any views are mine and not the official line of MoneySavingExpert.com.0
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Laurus nobilis is the bay tree - the one culinary bay leaves come from.
And that is a surprisingly large beast too when it gets going. We had to remove one when we moved in that was happily growing through the overhead electric wires and had a trunk getting on for 12" diameter. We had the root ground out too, and haven't had any trouble with suckers since.0
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