Caring for your Topiary Plants - Laurus nobilis 'Baytree, Bay Tree'

Thank you for purchasing a plant from TopiaryShop.

Your plant has been carefully grown in the The Netherlands, an area famous for it’s fertile soils and of course, growers of nursery produce. It has then been hand selected from stock, and transported to the U.K, where, it has been further clipped, fed and watered.
Below you will find a description of your purchase, together with a care guide.
We hope your plant will give you many years’ pleasure.
Upon delivery please carefully remove any packaging from the plant. Water thoroughly, preferably by standing the plant in a bucket of water for 10 minutes or so, as the plant may have been in transit for several days.
The plant is currently in its ‘growing pot’. It is recommended that the plant be repotted into a larger more permanent decorative planter or pot as soon as convenient. Alternatively it can be planted straight into the garden using a quality potting compost mixed with good topsoil.

Description:
Laurus Nobilis: Bay Tree, Bay Laurel, evergreen plant, grown for it’s culinary uses, aromatic foliage, and as a dense topiary specimen. Stands clipping well, and thrives in coastal regions where it will form good hedges. Can be subject to frost damage in cold areas, but new growth is quick to appear in Spring. Happy in full sun or part shade. Dense green shiny leaves & produces black fruits September/October. Suitable for all types of well-drained soil.

Care:
Trim to shape using sharp secateurs. It is important the growth is kept under control and the plant is not allowed to grow out of shape. If this does happen, trim little & regularly to slowly restore shape.
No special feed is required, but will benefit from a top dressing of Rooster organic fertiliser or similar each Spring
Remove any unwanted growth on clear stem, and from base of plant. Water regularly; - but sparingly.
If you live in a particularly cold area in the Northern parts of the u.k, the plant is happiest planted or placed by a west facing wall, being slightly sheltered from cold drying winds. Prune back any frost damaged areas. It is advised however, that to avoid any frost damage, a fleece (available from garden centers), is placed over the plant during the winter months.