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How To Rejuvenate / Prune Bay Trees, Shaping Bay Trees

How To Rejuvenate / Prune Bay Trees, Shaping Bay Trees, Rejuvenate Laurus Nobilis First off, Bay trees/Bay bush is called Laurus nobilis and is exactly the same as the bay leaf that is used for cooking with. The plant makes a large evergreen shrub, keeping its leaves all year round, producing cream coloured flowers in late spring early summer. Black oval berries can follow flowering. The plant is happy growing in a sunny or part shaded position but likes to be kept on the moist side. This video tackles a topic that I am frequently asked about at work, with the customers conversation normally going along the lines of “I have some bay trees in pots that I haven’t done much with and they are looking yellow and not the same shape that they where, but I don’t know what I should be doing” To answer simply, the solution is nearly always to re-pot the plants into some fresh, soil based John Innes type planting medium, and water the plants more consistently whilst also remembering to feed the bay trees. Once the plants are producing good healthy growth they will then need to be pruned/clipped so as to maintain the desired shape. Tools required: Clean and sharp secateurs First thing to do, if you have a pair of standard type trees, is to see what height to cut down to to allow both plants to be of equal size. Obviously no point spending time to prune one plant to then find that the second is smaller, giving you an odd pairing of plants to look at. For minor pruning and shaping of Bay trees I start by cutting out any obvious dead, diseased or damaged stems and then look to shape the whole top of the plant to maintain the ball shape top. Where the plants need more of a rejuvenating prune then it’s still worth removing the significant dead, diseased and damaged stems but it’s often quicker and easier to first cut the tops of the plants down to the required height to get a matched pair, or a balanced singular head to stem height. Once the top growth has been cut down roughly cut back the outside faces of the ball to create a balanced look where the plant stem once again grows from the centre of the plant head. The head of the Bay tree will now appear open enough to easily distinguish and enable quick removal of any dead, diseased or damaged stems. Once all these stems have been cut out then just use your secateurs to finish trimming the top and sides of the Bay to once again form a ball shape. Whilst the ball will not look particularly dense or solid in shape fresh growth will soon appear to infill the gaps. Light trimming can be undertaken 2 or 3 times in the same year, May to September/early October to create a tighter shape. To encourage better plant growth maintain consistent moisture to the root zone and feed monthly with a balanced feed. To reduce feeding schedule a slow release fertiliser can be applied instead, twice yearly. Happy growing If you like what you have seen then please subscribe to my channel.