Cherry Laurel 'Novita'

A timeless classic! Now even better equipped to withstand winter chills
Just £109.99
1 x 18L Pot - SKU: 610056
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Key Features

  • A hardy Cherry Laurel with beautiful evergreen foliage for year-round interest
  • Leaves are big, green, and glossy, spreading across the shrub and acting as a base for springtime flowers and autumnal berries
  • Big specimen shrub supplied as an established statement plant, more than 1m tall
  • A ‘Plant for Pollinators’, loved by beneficial insects, bees, butterflies, and more to leave your garden buzzing with activity
  • Supplied as an established plant in a 18L pot, roughly 125-150cm tall, ready to plant
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Description

A new variety of the ever-popular Cherry Laurel, ‘Novita’ boasts a far hardier twist, withstanding cold and tough winter conditions well below freezing.

This is a bushy and evergreen shrub you can really rely upon, remaining coated in interest regardless of the season. The leaves are big, green, and glossy – just what you want from a decorative garden shrub, with the potential to grow tree-like, up to an impressive 5m tall. Plus, this isn't a plant you'll be waiting around to feel impressed by, as it arrives as an established statement plant, already more than 1m tall.

Whether planted en masse as hedging or alone as a shapely specimen plant, the hardy ‘Novita’ Prunus laurocerasus is a versatile treat and a perfect addition to more-or-less any garden scheme, size, or style.

Spring brings a scattering of dainty white flowers, regularly followed by clusters of ornamental, dark red berries in autumn, which birds will happily pick off the plant. What’s more, this variety has been labelled by the RHS as a ‘Plant for Pollinators’ due to its ability to attract the attention of bees, butterflies, and all manner of other beneficial insects.

Supplied as an established plant in a 18L pot, roughly 125-150cm tall, ready to plant.

Please note: Delivery may take up to 14 days for this product. The approximate listed height of this variety and dimensions of the supplied nursery pot are subject to change on delivery, depending on seasonal conditions.

A delivery surcharge applies to this product as it is supplied in an XL Parcel. Surcharge is set at £39.99.
Delivery is to most mainland postcodes with the exception of BT (Northern Ireland), FK (Falkirk), GY (Guernsey), HS (Outer Hebrides), IM (Isle of Man), IV (Inverness), JE (Jersey), KA (Isle of Arran / Great Cumbrae), KW (Orkney), PA (Isle of Mull, Jura, Hebrides), PH (Isle of Eigg, Rum, Canna), PO (Isle of Wight) & ZE (Shetlands / Lerwick).
Deliveries to the above postcodes will incur an additional delivery charge.

Top Tips
Easy to grow in any moist but well-drained, moderately fertile soil in sun or partial shade. Its spreading habit makes it useful for low hedges and massed planting.
Care Information

Planting Advice:

  • Grow Cherry Laurel in well-drained soil in any sunny or partially shaded site. This variety will even tolerate growing conditions in full shade.
  • Dig a planting hole three times the width of the existing roots and mix some well-rotted compost or manure with the soil from the hole and use this to re-fill once in place.
  • A square hole is typically better than a round one as new roots, once they reach the edges, tend to grow in a circle round the circumference of the hole, whereas when they reach the corners of a square hole, they find it easier to grow through.
  • Before planting soak this container-grown shrub thoroughly and allow it to drain.
  • Remove the plant from its pot and tease out a few of the roots.
  • Add Mycorrhizal fungi to the roots when planting to help plants establish quicker.
  • Place the shrub in the hole at the same level it was in the supplied nursery pot and refill the hole with the earth removed, in a process called backfilling.
  • Firm in the soil with your heel, avoiding the root ball, then water well to help kick-start establishment.
  • Mulch around the base of the plant with a collar, compost, gravel, bark etc.

Aftercare Advice:

  • Keep plants well-watered while they establish.
  • Hardy in winter conditions down to -15C to -20C, protect young plants from cold winds as this can cause damage.

Pruning Advice:

  • Cherry Laurel can be trimmed in spring or autumn to keep them tidy and shapely. If pruning at the end of the season, when growth has finished, do it before the onset of very cold weather.
Delivery Information

Please allow us 3-5 working days to dispatch your order. Pre-ordered items will be sent as soon as possible after the date quoted and we'll generally ship your entire order with your pre-ordered items. When your order is dispatched, we'll send you another email with details of how to track it.

Most orders are sent on a fully-tracked courier service with Yodel. To avoid perishable items being stuck at depots and deteriorating, no signature is required, and our courier is asked to leave your order in a safe place on your property.

We'll send a tracking link when we dispatch your order, so you know when its due to arrive. Please note, once delivered we cannot be held responsible for loss or theft from your property. If you have any specific delivery instructions, please let us know - there's an option to enter a short message for the courier at the checkout.

Smaller, lighter, single-item orders may be sent through the post with Royal Mail - in which case no tracking is available.

Our experienced nursery team will always send your plants nursery fresh in the perfect condition to thrive when you plant them, so although most plants are very tough and will not be affected by all but the most extreme frosts or heatwaves, we avoid dispatching the most perishable plants if extreme weather is forecast, or over Bank Holiday weekends.

Please note, we cannot guarantee delivery on a certain day or time. Delivery to outlying postcode areas may take 1-2 days longer, dependent on your location.

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2. Should any hardy plant fail to thrive thereafter, we'll replace free of charge - you just pay the P&P
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