I just put in three skip laurel bushes. I don’t want to kill them by crowding them, but I wanted to plant flowers around to make the empty area pretty. How close can I plant? What should I plant?
Ok, for some reason your text didn’t show up when I initially looked at your post and I missed you saying those are laurel bushes.
They tend to zone 6 to 9 although one variety (Portuguese I think) is 7 to 9. So I’m going to assume you are south of Kentucky.
Most laurels require trimming and a lot of it as they are hedge bushes. So the closer you plant other things, the more you will need to trim. My suggestion would be at least 3 to 4 feet out, at the minimum.
I’m in a lot colder clime so let look to see if anything in my garden would work for you. Irises and Lillie’s are great And bloom at different times.
Thanks for your replies! I really appreciate it. I’m in zone 7. I’m intending for the bushes to grow and be a privacy hedge, they were recommended at a local independent nursery. I ended up getting dahlias and some other annual flowers to fill in the space between for the season, and some low ground cover in front of them with plenty of room to grow.
