Stapeley case study
Replacing a dead box hedge with young laurel
Dead and diseased box was removed, including the roots, before the gap was prepared and replanted.
- Dead box and roots removed
- Soil prepared for new planting
- Seven young laurels planted
The project
Replacing a dead box hedge with young laurel
The problem
Around eight box plants at the front of this Stapeley garden had died or become diseased. Box tree caterpillars were found among the affected plants, leaving an untidy gap between healthy sections of established laurel.
What Adam did
The box plants and their roots were removed during the first visit, and all waste was taken away. On a second visit, the soil was prepared with soil improver before seven young laurels were planted around 30 to 45cm apart to continue the existing hedge line.
The outcome
The dead planting has been replaced with a healthy run of laurel that matches the established plants on either side and can fill out as it grows.
Before and after
From failing box to a new laurel hedge
The photographs were taken from different positions, so they are shown side by side rather than as a draggable comparison.
The work up close
Removal, preparation and replanting
Genuine photographs from the same Stapeley project, completed over two visits between April and June.
