When you are ready to plant, you can soak the plants in water just before placing in the planting hole. Compost or peat moss can be incorporated into the native soil. It is not necessary to add fertiliser to the planting at this stage unless its rootgrow (Bonemeal).
If you are ready to plant then preparing not only the planting hole, but the plants are important. While preparing the planting hole, you may put the bareroot plants in a bucket with a small amount of water to moisten the roots before planting. Dig the hole as deep as the roots, place in the hole and fill in with your soil or compost. Once planted water, and do so every three or so days.
Dense, bushy, evergreen shrub with large glossy, dark green leaves. It makes an excellent hedging plant, and can cope with deep shade under trees as well as full sun. Small white flowers are produced on spikes in mid-spring, followed by cherry red berries.
Position: full sun, partial shade or shade.
Rate of growth: fast-growing
Flowering period: April Flower colour: white
Other features: a very versatile hedging shrub
Hardiness: fully hardy
Prune in either spring or summer.
Mature plants can tolerate hard pruning in spring, cutting back to the old wood.
Eventual height: 5m
Plants are easily maintained at a smaller height and spread by annual trimming.
