Responsibility for tree pruning. -updated post 7

silvercar

FreeBear said:

silvercar said: and I really did like the laurel. 

Laurel is a real thug of a plant. Cutting down to ground level will see it throwing up suckers all over the place, so you need to get the roots out as well. Had one here that was kept to around 1m high and pruned to ground level a couple of times. When the time came to get rid of it, I used a mini-digger on the roots.

Interesting. Google seemed to suggest it doesn't have deep roots.

Won't be my problem, the insurers are arranging it all.

J63320

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.

jonnydeppiwish!

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 up

silvercar

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 think we have Aucuba japonica. As I say their insurers are now doing the work so will see what to fill with the space when it's gone.

LHW99

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.