The planting distance also depends on the size
The planting distance you have to keep depends on the height of the trees you have acquired. You will need three shrubs for every meter of hedge of about one meter tall bushes, the most popular size on the market. If you decide on young plants that are only thirty centimeters tall, you will need five laurel cherries per meter. The individual plants must never be placed so close together that they hinder each other in their growth.
Since the cherry laurel "Caucasica" can grow about forty centimeters in height and width every year, you should keep a corresponding minimum distance to house walls. When planning the hedge, keep in mind that these are all around regularly cut must become.
Tips & Tricks
Some larger shrubs already form an attractive privacy screen. By Cuttings the cherry laurel can be easily propagated so that you can continue the row of bushes over time at no extra cost.
