Thanks for the responses, all very helpful. I did not change the soil before planting, please see soil analysis results below/attached. Also, you...
Hello. I'm on southern Vancouver Island and planted Portuguese Laurels 3 years ago. While they are doing okay, many of the trees have yellow...
Hi, I'm looking for some advice as my Portuguese Laurels have developed a fair number of yellow leaves. I read that one of the causes could be...
Hi Acerholic and Margot, thanks so much for the detailed and thoughtful responses - much appreciated! It seems like there's more than one thing...
I planted these laurels about 9 months ago and I just discovered something is amiss. Here's the symptoms: 1. Holes in leaves as though an insect...
Hi GS, Yes, the advice was to prune hard as opposed to trim to spur growth. At this point, I'm more interested in density than height at this...
To save on cost, I'm contemplating doing the formative pruning of my Portuguese Laurels myself (planted last fall) but I have been unable to find...
I hired an arborist for a site inspection and our first meeting was a valuable learning experience for me. Here’s my take-away (perhaps all the...
Thanks GS, much appreciated.
Thanks to the pandemic, cedar chips won't be available for another month at the earliest. Since they last so much longer than the available...
Thanks Ron, much appreciated. Mulch is on my to-do list by end of month. Any thoughts on bark vs leaf mulch? The latter is more expensive fwiw.
