Comments on: Possibly the world’s most useful garden plant – The decidedly unsexy cherry laurel http://www.sustainable-gardening.com/archives/362 All about gardening the eco-friendly way, by Susan Harris and 22 other garden writers and experts. Thu, 13 Jan 2011 04:00:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: aleksandra http://www.sustainable-gardening.com/archives/362/comment-page-1#comment-6518 aleksandra Fri, 30 Apr 2010 23:37:30 +0000 http://beyondsustainablegardening.com/?p=362#comment-6518 I planted about 10 of those 3 years ago to get evergreen and tall screen very fast - what a disappointment : (((. They are now 7 feet tall but spindly, pitiful upright shrubs with sparingly distributed foliage : ((. I am a long time gardener and tried about everything to make them look well with no success !!! I would never recommend this plant to anybody and all of mine Cherry Laurels will be pulled out and replaced with Taxus ASAP !!! I hate that I wasted 3 growth seasons for "nothing" : (( I planted about 10 of those 3 years ago to get evergreen and tall screen very fast – what a disappointment : (((. They are now 7 feet tall but spindly, pitiful upright shrubs with sparingly distributed foliage : ((.

I am a long time gardener and tried about everything to make them look well with no success !!!

I would never recommend this plant to anybody and all of mine Cherry Laurels will be pulled out and replaced with Taxus ASAP !!!

I hate that I wasted 3 growth seasons for “nothing” : ((

]]> By: diane chandler http://www.sustainable-gardening.com/archives/362/comment-page-1#comment-6517 diane chandler Fri, 30 Apr 2010 13:30:17 +0000 http://beyondsustainablegardening.com/?p=362#comment-6517 hello there, my husband brought a laurel plane and every thing was going fine but the last 2 months the leaves at the top are turning yellow the bottom at the moment is ok what do you thick it is can you email asap as i need to get this sorted before we lose it thank you hello there, my husband brought a laurel plane and every thing was going fine but the last 2 months the leaves at the top are turning yellow the bottom at the moment is ok what do you thick it is can you email asap as i need to get this sorted before we lose it thank you

]]> By: joe lubrano http://www.sustainable-gardening.com/archives/362/comment-page-1#comment-6505 joe lubrano Sat, 24 Apr 2010 17:54:58 +0000 http://beyondsustainablegardening.com/?p=362#comment-6505 Regarding "buckshot holes" in the leaves, that is from a very wet spring we had in SE Penna. I have this problem with one, I simply gave it a good pruning last week, that alone improved the appearance. It's a superficial problem, and can be treated with broad spectrum fungicide. Regarding branches and whole plants dying off, geez, I don't know. Rhododendrens are notorious for this. Are these infected and infested bushes too close too each other? And too close to a wall? Are they in a deeply shaded spot? I do know plants need a fair amount of air circulation and sunlight. I am going to the nursery today where I bought my Otto's, I will ask about branches and whole plants dying off, see what they say. If helpful, I'll post a follow up. Regarding “buckshot holes” in the leaves, that is from a very wet spring we had in SE Penna. I have this problem with one, I simply gave it a good pruning last week, that alone improved the appearance. It’s a superficial problem, and can be treated with broad spectrum fungicide.

Regarding branches and whole plants dying off, geez, I don’t know. Rhododendrens are notorious for this. Are these infected and infested bushes too close too each other? And too close to a wall? Are they in a deeply shaded spot? I do know plants need a fair amount of air circulation and sunlight.

I am going to the nursery today where I bought my Otto’s, I will ask about branches and whole plants dying off, see what they say. If helpful, I’ll post a follow up.

]]> By: Pam http://www.sustainable-gardening.com/archives/362/comment-page-1#comment-6504 Pam Sat, 24 Apr 2010 16:21:36 +0000 http://beyondsustainablegardening.com/?p=362#comment-6504 I have had Otto Lukyen's for years and now experiencing numerous problems. They are riddled with small holes overall (not helped by insecticides) and random branches are dying on most of the shrubs. I lost three shrubs in the back yard and now each of the eight out front are looking very bad. They start looking like skeletons as I remove the bad branches one at a time. I don't know if the problems are related, but various things have been suggested from insects to fungus. Whatever it is, it is costly and very frustrating. Help?! I have had Otto Lukyen’s for years and now experiencing numerous problems. They are riddled with small holes overall (not helped by insecticides) and random branches are dying on most of the shrubs. I lost three shrubs in the back yard and now each of the eight out front are looking very bad. They start looking like skeletons as I remove the bad branches one at a time. I don’t know if the problems are related, but various things have been suggested from insects to fungus. Whatever it is, it is costly and very frustrating. Help?!

]]> By: Salma http://www.sustainable-gardening.com/archives/362/comment-page-1#comment-6480 Salma Tue, 13 Apr 2010 21:12:55 +0000 http://beyondsustainablegardening.com/?p=362#comment-6480 I am having a similar problem with Prunus Caroliniana compact laurels. They are planted along the top of a hill. They have been there for 3 years now, they are watered regularly on a drip. For the past 2 years they have been very dried up and not very lush and leafy as seen in pictures. The leaves seem to be less and less What can we do? I am having a similar problem with Prunus Caroliniana compact laurels. They are planted along the top of a hill. They have been there for 3 years now, they are watered regularly on a drip. For the past 2 years they have been very dried up and not very lush and leafy as seen in pictures. The leaves seem to be less and less What can we do?

]]> By: Paige Haney http://www.sustainable-gardening.com/archives/362/comment-page-1#comment-5914 Paige Haney Mon, 09 Nov 2009 02:29:52 +0000 http://beyondsustainablegardening.com/?p=362#comment-5914 I have had my laurels for about 10 years.  They have been great until now.  Several of them have something that is turning part of the shrubs grey and it dies.  I think it is some kind of insect  There are lots of webs or cacoons on the shrubs.  Can you help?  What do I use to save them.  I have cut of the dead branches. What else can I do? I have had my laurels for about 10 years.  They have been great until now.  Several of them have something that is turning part of the shrubs grey and it dies.  I think it is some kind of insect  There are lots of webs or cacoons on the shrubs.  Can you help?  What do I use to save them.  I have cut of the dead branches. What else can I do?

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