Planting laurel

[whyme!]

I have 20 6ft bushy laurel to plant (pot grown) Is there anything i should add for roots when planting or should they be fine straight from the pot?

 

[sodthisforfun]

If the soil is good quality then nothing else need do. Water well until established.

 

[EddieM]

laurel is as hard as nails... poisonous berries though. make sure you keep on top of it though as it can become quite big (> 12ft)

 

[Keithmac]

I tried multiple times to kill our Laurel off, had to dig it up in the end!.

 

[whyme!]

If the soil is good quality then nothing else need do. Water well until established.

Thanks, I think watering will not be a problem at the moment.

 

[StephenOak]

I tried multiple times to kill our Laurel off, had to dig it up in the end!.

I second this. Lots of 'self-sown' laurel in my garden and I spend ages cutting it back / down and it always sprouts again from the cut surfaces.

I put self-sown in quotes as many (most?) laurels grow out to the side and if the shoot touches the ground it roots itself. AFAIUI a single one with space around it will tend to grow vertically and be okay (apart from getting big - one of mine is c. 30' tall) but if they are close together they create shade and cause each other to root into the ground.