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Portuguese Laurel | Prunus Lusitanica
Super versatile, lush evergreen
Grown by Andreas
Tuscany
The highlights
- Deep green foliage on red shoots, with scented summer flowers
- Autumn berries attract birds to your garden
- Ideal as a feature tree, topiary or as a hedge
- RHS Award of Garden Merit
Description
- Portugal Laurel is a lush evergreen, with forest green foliage on dark red shoots
- Bears sprays of small, scented white flowers in early summer, followed by small dark purple fruits
- Makes a beautiful feature tree in a lawn or in a patio pot by the front door
- Suitable for hedging and highly recommended for topiary!
- A vigorous grower which can reach 6-9m in height but is easily pruned to fit your garden
- Attracts wildlife to your garden with summer flowers and autumn berries
- RHS Award of Garden Merit winner
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How To Grow
Good pest and disease resistance
Generally pest and disease free, but can be affected by powdery mildew, vine weevil and leaf mining moths
Water when new
Water your plant regularly when newly planted - once established it won't need much water except in hot or dry weather. Be careful not to overwater this plant.
Full sun to partial shade
Plant where the tree will receive at least 4-6 hours of sunlight daily.
Most fertile, well-drained soils
This tree will flourish in any moderately fertile, moist and well drained soil.
No feeding needed
A low maintenance plant which take all its nutrients from the soil
Planting Calendar
- Best time to plant
- Harvest
- Flower
Tuscany
Meet Andreas
Start with a touch of Tuscan sun
Over 99% of our plants are grown in the UK, but where that’s not possible, Andreas steps in! Some plants need to start life in the warmth of sunny Tuscany, where Andreas nurtures them to maturity before handing over to John in the South Downs, to toughen them up for UK gardens.
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Our plants are grown in the UK
Specialist UK growers we know and trust grow your plants the traditional way, with organic fertiliser and biological pest control. They pick only the healthiest plants for you, professionally pruning them so that they’ll grow strong and well shaped.
Our plants are delivered overnight
Your plants are sent to you fresh from the field in our plastic free box that’s specially designed to hold them tight, then securely delivered by specialist plant couriers - straight from the grower to your garden within 24 hours.
We’re here to help at every step
We want your plants to have a long and healthy life. Expect easy-to-follow grow guides and videos devised by our team of experts.
Perfect plants, guaranteed
We’re confident that you’ll be delighted with your new plants. Need help? Alice and her team are here to guarantee you’re perfectly happy.
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When will I get my plants?
The delivery timescale for each plant is on the web page (near the 'add to basket's button). You'll receive a dispatch email with an exact delivery date once your plants are on their way, so you can get the garden ready.
How will my plants be packed and delivered?
We send all of our orders through a courier network designed to handle plants. Specialist equipment ensures that no plants will be damaged during the packing process and every order is carefully finished and checked by plant-loving humans. Your plants will arrive in the most sustainable packaging possible with minimal to no plastic used.
Where do you deliver?
We deliver to anywhere in Mainland UK for our standard delivery cost. We are able to deliver most plants to Highlands and non UK mainland however this will be at an additional cost. This will be calculated at the checkout. Please note, deliveries to these locations will take longer. Unfortunately, we are not able to deliver to Northern Ireland at present.
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What customers say about us
We do our best to provide you the best experience ever
Excellent delivery and service
Well, the delivery was spot on, the tree looks healthy enough for a sleeping plant, although at the moment most of the branches are on one side of the trunk which in itself is bent banana-style. quite wonky. One can only hope that it grows into a fruitful plant with some character?
30 January
Nice sized tree in good condition
Time will tell on the quality of the product (bare-root apple trees), but the stems that arrived seemed in great condition and very well packaged so no damage in transit. Looking forward to Spring!
Ange
Appears v healthy
Very happy with purchase
Ms Arlene Bocking
Lovely tree
So happy with my purchase of my Braeburn Hillwell apple tree from Roots Plants. It arrived promptly, well packaged and in a good, healthy condition. I soaked it for an hour before planting and it's doing well. Looking forward to our home grown apples, in time.
Ms Arlene Bocking
It has picked up now and is growing well
It arrived in a heat wave and looked a little bit sorry for itself when planted out but it has picked up now and is growing well.
David Osborne
Good service all round
Arrived on time as the seller said it would and the courier gave me a time slot to track my parcel. It came well packaged and was of good quality for this time of year. It looks a good and healthy tree and will be planted up in a few weeks after the ground has been prepared. I’m pleased with my purchase.
Helen